The Delta State High Court sitting in Warri on Thursday
sentenced to death by hanging aNational Diploma (ND II) student of the Federal
Polytechnic, Oko after being found guilty of a four-count charge preferred
against him.
The convict had been on trial for over a decade for stabbing a
colleague to death over “minor differences.”
Simply identified as Eto (surname withheld), the persecution
said the convict committed the offence June 12, 2000 in company of two others
who were freed by the court for lack of evidence.
colleague to death over “minor differences.”
Simply identified as Eto (surname withheld), the persecution
said the convict committed the offence June 12, 2000 in company of two others
who were freed by the court for lack of evidence.
They were tried for storming their victim’s residence located
opposite Isoko South Local Government Secretariat andforcefully demanding for a
pair of canvass shoes allegedly kept in the deceased’s custody.
opposite Isoko South Local Government Secretariat andforcefully demanding for a
pair of canvass shoes allegedly kept in the deceased’s custody.
According to the persecution, Eto had been wearing his elder
brother’s clothes and shoes without his consent, an act that led him to keeping
the shoes in the victim’s custody for safety and to prevent his brother from
getting access to them.
brother’s clothes and shoes without his consent, an act that led him to keeping
the shoes in the victim’s custody for safety and to prevent his brother from
getting access to them.
Unfortunately for his victim, his refusal to release the shoes caused
a row on the fateful daybetween Eto and the deceased before neighbours
intervenedand settledthe matter.But Eto, the court heard staged a comeback in
the evening where he took undue advantage of his victim named Julius when he
washaving his bath.
a row on the fateful daybetween Eto and the deceased before neighbours
intervenedand settledthe matter.But Eto, the court heard staged a comeback in
the evening where he took undue advantage of his victim named Julius when he
washaving his bath.
Theconvict stabbed him severally with a broken bottle in
different parts of his body, whichled to Julius death at Oleh General Hospital
where he was rushed to for treatment.
different parts of his body, whichled to Julius death at Oleh General Hospital
where he was rushed to for treatment.
The trial judge, Justice Marshall Mukoro,found Eto guilty of the
charge of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging, while the second and
third accused persons Samson Edorth and Akpoghene Edeno were discharged for
lack of substantial evidence.
charge of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging, while the second and
third accused persons Samson Edorth and Akpoghene Edeno were discharged for
lack of substantial evidence.
