Court sentences wife, one other to death in Rivers for killing husband

A Rivers State High Court sitting successful Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a pistillate identified arsenic Telma Bestman to decease by hanging for sidesplitting her husband, Bestman Wagbara successful Rumuolumeni successful Obio-Akpor Council of the state.

The tribunal besides sentenced 1 Wilson Okelekele for conspiring with Telma for the execution of Wagbara astatine his residence on the Saint John axis of Rumuolumeni -Ogbogoro nexus Road, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, connected Sunday, February 2020.

Delivering judgement Yesterday, the proceedings Judge, Justice Augusta Kingsley-Chukwu, held that the prosecuting counsel was capable to beryllium the lawsuit of conspiracy and execution beyond tenable doubt.

The tribunal ruled that grounds presented to it by the prosecution proved that the accused wife, really conspired with Okelekele to termination the deceased, Wagbara.

The Judge stated that the exhibits revealed that the accused pistillate opened the backmost doorway of the location starring to the main entranceway of her husband’s country wherever her accomplice a information defender committed the enactment

Justice Kingsley-Chukwu aft considering each exhibits and arguments from some parties, sentenced the defendants to death, declaring that the duo beryllium hanged astatine their necks until they are confirmed dead.

Speaking to journalists extracurricular the courtroom, the Chief State Counsel, Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Precious Ordu welcomed the judgment, describing it arsenic good served and served.

Ordu said, “We are happy, they can’t devour their barroom and person it, they can’t conscionable termination an guiltless man, a full-fledged antheral and expect to spell Scott-free the instrumentality doesn’t let that.

“We are blessed that the judgement went this way, we expected it and by God’s grace we person besides gotten it today.”

On his part, Prince Ibojiekere Amadi, counsel for Wilson Okelekele, expressed his dissatisfaction implicit the judgement adding that helium would entreaty the judgment.

“Naturally I volition entreaty the judgement due to the fact that we are not satisfied with the judgement of the court.

“We volition survey the judgement of the court, past we volition bash the needful, we are not satisfied with the judgment.”