Lagos—11 years after he murdered his victim, Chinwe Ofomatu in a robbery incident in Festac area of Lagos State, the Supreme Court, at the weekend, confirmed a death sentence passed on one Nonso Okeke.
He was accused of the murder of Ofomatu on October 28, 2004 at her residence, House 18, A Close, Road 403, Festac Town after a robbery incident.
In a judgement delivered last Friday by the apex court, it held that the condemned assailant indeed committed the offence of robbery and murder of Ofomatu for which he was found guilty by a Lagos High Court in 2010.
The Supreme Court in a lead judgement, delivered by Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammed, held that the appeal of Nonso Okeke lacked merit, while dismissing same and upheld the decision of the lower courts, according to the Lagos State Ministry of Justice who prosecuted the case.
In a statement issued and signed by the Director, Public Relations, Bola Akingbade said that it took the government more than 10 years in ensuring that justice was served in the murder case.
During hearing, the Lagos State Attorney General was represented by the Director of Public Prosecution, (DPP) Mrs. Idowu Alakija and Mr. Justin Jacobs who prayed the apex Court to dismiss the appeal and uphold the judgment of the lower courts.
The Lagos division of the Court of Appeal had in similar circumstance upheld the judgement of the trial court, which convicted Okeke.
Dissatisfied with the judgement, the convict appealed to the Court of Appeal which again upheld his conviction by the lower court.
The appellant subsequently proceeded to the Supreme Court, which last Friday also confirmed the death sentence passed by the two lower courts.
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
