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. Continue after the cut...
“He however could not secure the admission for the
deceased but in a bid to cover up the fraud he lured the late Princes 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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