Justice: Ex-cop Jailed 10 Years For Murders Hotel Lodger

Goji, who was a policeman at the time the crime was committed, was charged with murder on July 29, 2021.

An Ekiti High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 38-year-old ex-policeman, Tizhe Goji, to 10 years for killing a man at a hotel in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

Goji, who was a policeman at the time the crime was committed, was charged with murder on July 29, 2021.

According to the charge, the ex-policeman on November 21, 2021, at a hotel in Ado Ekiti “did murder one Abayomi Olaoye, contrary to Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code Cap. 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”

An eyewitness, Bukola Omorinkoba, in her statement to the police, said she, alongside other family members, including the deceased, lodged in the hotel for a wedding at Ise Ekiti.

Ex-cop jailed 10 years for killing hotel lodger.