A 27-year-old clerical staff of the Delta State University (DELSU),
Abraka, David Wonder Erhirhie is to pay the supreme price for killing
an admission seeker, Princess Chinonso Ijezie in 2009. The Delta State
High Court sitting at Orerokpe in Okpe Local Government Area of
thestate sentenced the convict to death by hanging.
The court found the convict guilty of killing the deceased, an offence
punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law Cap C. 21 Laws
of Delta State, 2006. Delivering judgement, the court said the
prosecution was able to prove beyond all reasonable doubts,
ingredients of theoffence of murder and sentenced him in accordance
with the law. "The punishment for a crime of this magnitude is death
penalty. This accused person does not deserve less.
I hereby sentence you to death by hanging at the neck until you be
dead. May God have mercy upon your soul," the court held. Prosecution
had called six witnesses during trial, which lasted for over two years
while the accused testified for himself. The convict, until the
incident was aclerical staff of the provost office of the university,
a position he was allegedly using to carry out series of failed
admission racketeering. In the instant case, he was said tohave
collected the sum of N155,000 from the late Princess Ijezie to assist
her secure admission into DELSU from a private university in Edo State
where the deceased was already running a program.
But the convict could not secure the admission and in a bid to cover
up his track, he lured the deceased to his house under the pretence of
refunding the money. The convict, however murdered the admission
seeker and buried her remains in a shallow grave close to his house
before nemesis caught up with him. Meanwhile, two persons including
one David Erutere (31) and Sunday Omamuzo Ukaikwo have been sentenced
to 113 cumulative years imprisonmentwith hard labour by a Delta State
High Court sitting in Asaba for kidnapping and armed robbery.
The convicts were found guilty of the charges preferred against them
which include conspiracyto commit felony to wit: kidnap, kidnapping
and conspiracy to commit felony to wit: armed robbery. They were also
accused of demanding property with menace. The offences are contrary
to Section 6 (b) and punishable under Section 1 (2a) of the Robbery
and Fire Arms (Special Provisions) Act Cap R II Volume 14 Laws of the
Federation, 2004.
David Erutere, who hails from Ekrakra in Ethiope East Local Government
Area of the state was sentenced to 45 years in jail for conspiracy to
commit armed robbery and armed robbery while they both got 7 years
imprisonment each for conspiracy to commit kidnapping, 3 years
imprisonment each for demanding property with menace and another
10years each for kidnapping. Sunday Ukwaikwo, who claimed to be a
farmer and a native of Olomoro in Isoko South Local Government Area of
the state was slammed with 25 years imprisonment for armed robbery.
The convicts had conspired to kidnap and rob one Irikefe Edafe and
Egwu Johnbull of their valuables including a Pathfinder Sports Utility
Vehicle (SUV), GSM handsets, Laptop, wedding rings and cash on two
separate occasions in June 2011 at Delta Palace Road, Warri and
Ubiaruku respectively and demanded a ransom of N50 million from their
families before they could be released.
Sunday Ukwaikwo, who was apprehended by men of the State Security
Services (SSS) while trying to pick-up the agreed ransom, later led
security agents to the house of his partner in crime.
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