Indian hemp dealer sentenced to death for killing policeman
An Anambra State High Court sitting in Otuocha has sentenced one Chukwuebuka Nneji-Olona to death by hanging for the murder of a policeman, late Corporal Oluwadaini Temidayo, at Oye-Olisa market, Ogbunike, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
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