Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha has sentenced three police officers to life imprisonment for killing a suspect in the state.
The deceased, Chukwunonso Uchenwoke, aged 42, said to be a family man, hailed from Mbosi in the Ihiala Local Goverent Area of the state.
Uchenwoke was reportedly killed while the police officers were effecting his arrest over alleged assault and malicious damage.
The officers alleged committed the offence on 14th May 2016 at No 13 Ibe Street, East Niger Layout, Okpoko, Ogbaru Council Area, in the Onitsha Judicial Division.
As a consequence, the cops: Juliet Ekwueme, Ugochukwu Obiakor and Raphael Chike, were dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force.
Delivering judgment on the matter on Wednesday, the court presided over by Honourable Justice A.O. Okuma held that the prosecution counsel proved his case beyond reasonable doubt, and therefore found the accused persons guilty of conspiracy and murder charges preferred against them.
Their offences were said to be contrary to Sections 495(a) and 274(I) of the Criminal Code Cap 36 Volume II, Revised Laws of Anambra State of Nigeria 1991 as amended.
The three were all convicted and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for conspiracy, and life imprisonment for manslaughter.
