NIGERIA: ABUJA HIGH COURT SENTENCES RANDY SOLDIER TO DEATH

A soldier has been sentenced to death by an Abuja High Court which found him guilty of rape and culpable homicide.
Vanguard reports that Lance Corporal Oge Etudo was said to have on March 27, 2014, at Dei-Dei suburb of Abuja, abducted, stabbed and raped a married woman identified as Binta Usman Kadede to death inside the bush.
The 30 years old convicted soldier was previously attached to a battalion of the Nigerian Army at Lungi Barracks in Abuja.
The defendant who was earlier dismissed from the army had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
While denying knowledge of the crime, he said he was only there to see a friend called Igwe to discuss his wedding plans with him.
On the charge of rape, the accused is sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour. The terms are to run concurrently”, Justice Adepoju held.