Court sentences man to death by hanging for murder
According to the prosecution, the deceased’s husband, who had earlier taken their children to school, spotted Mr Okoye on the motorcycle with his wife’s grinding machine and generator.
The prosecution said Mr Okoye dragged the deceased’s body into her children’s room, covered it with their clothes and took away her grinding machine and generator.
Earlier, the prosecution, led by Victoria Ononye-Ekwerekwu, a chief state counsel, and including Florence Abadom-Igweike and Nkiru Nzekwu, both principal state counsel, told the court that Mr Okoye went to the residence of the victim, Blessing Mba, at Abime Village, Oba, on 22 February 2024, to steal a multi-purpose grinding machine.
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