A High Court sitting in Umuahia has sentenced a
former police officer, Corporal Umaru Mohammed to death by hanging over the
killing of his colleague, Clement Amaechi, in 2011.
Both of them were officers in the Abia state police
command.
Immediately after the delivery of the judgment, Mohammed
refused to be handcuffed and taken away as he warned all the prison warders to
stay away from him.
He was eventually subdued by armed officers in the
courtroom.
Seriously I can’t believe Nigeria still give this
kind of judgment…Why hanging? What happened to life imprisonment? Nwaoo! Click to read more after the cut...
Mohammed attempted to snatch a gun from one of the
warders that brought him to the court before he was subdued by security men.
Delivering judgment on the matter Justice Agwu Umah
Kalu said the prosecution proved unequivocally that the gunshots fired by the
accused person at close range killed the deceased, adding that it is an offence
that is punishable under section 319, cap 1 of the criminal code in the state.
Justice Kalu said the accused deserves no sympathy
and ordered that he should be hanged by the neck until he is confirmed dead,
stressing that it should serve as a deterrent to those who may want to embark
on such senseless venture.
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