NIGERIA: COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICE OFFICER

Justice James Ogebe of the Nigerian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence passed on police officer Olayemi Oludamilola by Justice J. Ottah of the Kogi State High Court. He was convicted of fatally shooting Solomon Omopariola in 2007 at the police station with a revolver pistol. The sentence was also upheld by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.