Court Orders Three To Die By Hanging Over Alleged Kidnap And Murder

• 3 people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Port Harcourt.
• The culprits were charged with kidnap and murder.
• The judge convicted and sentenced the first, second and fourth defendants to death by hanging.

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Eko Hot Blog reports that a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has sentenced three men to death by hanging for kidnapping and murder.

The convicts were sentenced to death for the kidnapping and killing of Chief Abbot Ogbobula in June 2017.

Four suspects were charged for the kidnapping and killing but the court discharged and acquitted one of them.

The three convicts are Boma Thompson, Emelike Mathias, and Daniel Thank

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They were found guilty of a four-count bordering conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping, conspiracy to murder, and murder.

On conspiracy to kidnap, Justice Monina Danagogo in a copy of the judgment he delivered on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the first, second and fourth defendants to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine.

On the kidnapping, the judge convicted and sentenced the first, second and fourth defendants to death by hanging.

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