NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCE 8 TO DEATH BY HANGING

May 14, 2013: In Nigeria, an Owerri High Court sentenced eight persons to death by hanging.
They were found guilty of involvement in the brutal murder of one Nze Dominic Ohamadiaku Duru, an ex-Police officer from Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
High Court 7, Owerri, presided over by Hon. Justice C.M.I. Egole found the accused persons guilty of murder, following overwhelming evidence before it, even as it freed the ninth accused person-Susana James Duru for having not actively participated in the dastardly act.
The convicted persons, who were all found guilty of first degree murder are: James Ugwuoha Duru, Fester Nuforo, Alexander Nnadi (Alias Apollo), Friday Nuforo, Jonathan Chuddy Nnadi, Chifoan Okorie, Mattias Ohazurike and Evans Egbujor.
According to available reports, the condemned persons had on 3rd of March, 2005 lured the deceased to his farm land in a bush (Okpouzi) in the village where they murdered him, following a protracted land matter and other sundry community issues. (Sources: leadership.ng, 15/05/2013)