Kidnapping: Court Sentenced Four To Death by Hanging in Ebonyi State

 

             Ebonyi State Court has sentenced four people to death by hanging, Onyemachi Oge and
Okechukwu Oma were friday sentenced to
death by hanging by a High court sitting in
Abakaliki, Ebonyi state for kidnapping a
medical doctor, Dr. Chuka Manyike in the
state.
The duo alongside Chukwuemeka Levi, Idris
Oken, Edeke Desmond and Ijeoma oge were
accused of kidnapping Manyinke, a Doctor
of Pediatrics at the Federal Teaching
Hospital, Abakaliki on
5th May, 2013 at his
private hospital, No 15 Owerri street
Abakaliki.
Manyinke’s security guard identified simply
as Peter was shot dead during the kidnap
for attempting to prevent the hoodlums from
kidnapping his boss, Manyinke.
The sum of N3million ransom was paid
before the release of the medical doctor
after six days in captivity. Oge and Oma got
N200, 000 from the total ransom paid.
Oma, a tailor opposite Manyinke’s hospital
provided information to the kidnappers and
gave them directive on how to perfect their
plan while Oge supplied beer, biscuits and
water to the doctor during his days in
captivity.
All the accused persons have been in prison
custody since the incident.
Delivering judgment on the matter yesterday
at High court 3, the trial judge, Justice Eze
Udu said the prosecution counsel; I.I Anikwe
proved his case against Onyemachi Oge the
4th accused person and Chukwu Oma 6th
accused person in the case beyond
reasonable doubt and sentenced them to
death by hanging.

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He discharged and acquitted the 1st
accused person(Levi), 2nd accused person
(Oken), 3rd accused person(Desmond) and
5th accused person(0ge) and however
recommended that Ijeoma Oge the 5th
accused and the husband who is at large be
charged for conspiracy and kidnapping for
allowing their house to be used in keeping
the victim during the incident.
In his reaction, counsel to the 3rd, 4th and
5th accused persons, Barrister D.I Njoku
said he is already preparing to appeal the
judgment against the 4th accused person
who was convicted and sentenced to death
by hanging.
Meanwhile, a high court also sitting in the
state yesterday sentenced a woman, Mrs
Josephine Onwuzuruike and her boy friend,
Ekene Onyeka to death by hanging.
The woman and Onyeka had in 2008 at
Azuiyiokwu, Abakaliki butchered Josephine’s
husband and kept his parts inside cupboard.
The Josephine had accused the husband of
attempting to marry another wife by building
a separate house other than the one they
were living and contacted the boyfriend who
came joined her in murdering the husband.
Delivering judgment on the case, the trial
judge Justice Benson Ogbuh found the
accused persons guilty of the offence and
convicted them.
He sentenced them to death by hanging.
Josephine, after the incident wept
uncontrollable and pleaded with the judge to
be lenient on her because of her children.