After several years of delayed justice, a High Court sitting in Port
Harcourt finally sentenced a police sergeant, Clement Indyel, to death for
killing two persons while engaging in a fight with a bus driver over a N100
bribe.
SHOWBIZPLUS gathered that two other persons identified as Ali
Bello and Auwalu Kwale, bagged life imprisonment each for their involvement in
the crime.
Justice Biobele Georgewill, who
delivered judgement on the matter, said Indyel and the two others conspired to
murder Chinyeaka Kamalu and Ugochukwu Harcourt.
Georgewill, who recalled that the
convicts were charged with felony, conspiracy and murder, said they (convicts)
attacked the victims, who were passengers.
He added that the report of the
autopsy conducted on the victims revealed that they (victims) sustained gunshot
injuries that led to their death.
The trial judge maintained that the
injuries sustained by the victims were as a result of the bullets from the
AK-47 rifles used by the policemen.
According to Justice Georgewill, the
incident that led to the sudden demise of Kamalu and Harcourt occurred on
January 17, 2010 in Port Harcourt.
“The result of the autopsy conducted
on the remains of the victims, which was tendered in court, showed that the
wound sustained by them was bullet wound from AK47 rifles used by the officers.
“The only way the souls of the
victims can rest in peace for their unjust murder by police officers who were
meant to protect them is to allow the law to take its course,” he said.
Sister to the late Kamalu, Mrs.
Chinyere Ideoha, expressed delight over the ruling of the court, even as she
added that the judgement could not bring back her dead sister to life.
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