A
27-year-old clerical officer of the Delta State University, DELSU,
Abraka, one David Wonder Erhirhie has been sentenced to death by an
Orerokpe high court in the State, having found him guilty of killing a
female student, Princess Chinoso Ijezie who was seeking for admission at
the University sometime in 2009.
Prosecution
led by Mr. Theophilous Omenuwoma had told the court that “David Wonder,
until the ugly incident was a junior staff with DELSU was an admission
racketeer who collected the sum of N155,000 from the deceased to assist
her to secure admission into the University.
“He
however could not secure the admission for the deceased but in a bid to
cover up the fraud he lured the late Princess Chinoso Ijezie to his
house under the pretence that he wanted to refund the said amount but
instead, he murdered and secretly buried her in a shallow grave close to
his house before nemesis caught up with him”, prosecution added.
Prosecution called six witnesses to prove its case while the accused testified by himself and called no witness.
The
court in convicting him stated that “the punishment for a crime of this
magnitude is death penalty. This accused does not deserve less.
He is therefore sentenced to death by the neck until he is dead”
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