the Ogwashi Uku High Court in Delta State, Nigeria, sentenced three people to death
the Ogwashi Uku High Court in Delta State, Nigeria, sentenced three people to death
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the Ogwashi Uku High Court in Delta State, Nigeria, sentenced three people to death by hanging for killing a one and half year old baby boy during a magic ritual. Those condemned were Sunday Onwochei, 30, Friday Ofili, 26, and Joseph Ashibogwu, 37. A fourth person, Banwuzia Ubaka, 32, was discharged and acquitted for lack of evidence.
Mamuzo Erebe, Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice who led the prosecution, had told the court that the accused broke into the apartment of the Chukwudinma Amamife’s mother on October 13, 1999 and snatched him away.
Following investigation, the decomposing head of the boy was later found in the ceiling of house belonging to Sunday Onwochei's father.
Mamuzo Erebe, Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions in the Ministry of Justice who led the prosecution, had told the court that the accused broke into the apartment of the Chukwudinma Amamife’s mother on October 13, 1999 and snatched him away.
Following investigation, the decomposing head of the boy was later found in the ceiling of house belonging to Sunday Onwochei's father.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: All Africa, 18/02/2005)
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