Justice Adolphus Enebeli of the Rivers state High court sitting in Port Harcourt, has sentenced one Ifeanyi Maxwell Dike to death by hanging for the killing...
Justice Adolphus Enebeli of the Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has sentenced one Ifeanyi Maxwell Dike to death by hanging for the killing of an eight-year-old Victory Chikamso, for ritual purposes in 2017.
Dike, a 200-Level Physics student of the University of Port Harcourt, , on August 18, 2017 allegedly strangled his victim, who was also his niece and primary two pupil of a private school port Harcourt, the state capital in his room at Eliozu community, in Obio/Akpor Local Government of the state and removed the vital parts of her body.
The duo, Dike and Nwamiro, was found guilty on the two count charge of conspiracy and murder level against them. He noted that Nwamairo’s conviction and sentence was based on Dike’s evidence in chief and voluntary confession/ statement at four different occasions that, the second defendant , had requested the body parts of a little girl, including the heart for financial independence.
His wife collapsed and was carried away by other members of the family present while one of the brothers, was noticed shouting on top of his voice, insisting that the brother was innocent of the crime adding that the judgement was wrong and would be appealed as they cries profusely.
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