Crime
Killer Of Jumia Agent In Port Harcourt To Die By Hanging – Court
- Mbatumekeke and one Excel Naabee were standing trial for two count charges of armed robbery and murder
- During the trial, Justice Chigozie Igwe of the Rivers State High Court found Sodienye Mbatumukeke guilty as charged
- Justice Igwe discharged and acquitted Excel Naabee.
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging one Sodienye Mbatumekeke for the murder of the Jumia delivery agent, Chukwuman Eleji.
Trial Judge, Justice I. P. Chigoezi-Igwe in his judgment said the prosecution team was able to prove their case and convince the court that Mbatumekeke committed the crime.
Justice Chigoezi-Igwe ruled that even though the convict is rejecting the confessional and extra-judicial statements he made, “it is weighty enough to prove that that he murdered the Jumia delivery agent.”
The Judge also found him guilty of the second charge which is armed robbery just as he described the murder of the Jumia delivery agent as unlawful and gruesome, saying that the sentence will serve as a deterrent to others.
The Court Judge however, discharged and acquitted the second defendant Divine Naabe of murder and robbery, saying there are doubts in the evidence provided by the prosecution team to find him guilty of committing the crime.
Speaking to Newsmen outside, Counsel to the convict, Bonaventure Ugwu, faulted some of the basis for the conviction, insisting that they will certainly appeal against the decision of the lower court.
On his part, the Director of Public Prosecution Ibiene Mbano told newsmen that the judgement is a welcome development.
Sodienye Mbatumekeke was said to have killed the Jumia agent, Chukwuma after refusing to pay for an iPhone he purchased on the basis of Pay-on-Delivery around Ada-George are of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
After the death of the victim, Sodienye robbed the victim of one IM-10 desktop GSM phone, one Infinix phone and one Gionee M6 phone.
As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the stolen products were valued at N181,000. According to investigation, Sodienye was also accussed of suffocating the victim with a polythene bag after hitting his head with a pestle.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
- Court Sentences Ex-SARS Officer To Death For Killing Businessman, Stealing ₦.3m
- Nigerian Court Convicts 15-Year-Old Schoolboy For Stealing Dogs
- Living Faith Pastor Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Stealing Church Funds
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
