Ogona Anita
A Rivers State High court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced and convicted twin brothers and five others to death by hanging for the kidnap and murder of Reverend EDWIN ISAIAH DOKUBO-HARRY, an incident which happened in 2013 in a community in Asari Toru Local Government Arsa of the state.
The court presided over by Justice BOMA DIEPIRI in his judgment discharged and acquitted EMMANUEL ISREAL and NEPHEW PHILEMON of twenty-five count charge bordering on conspiracy, kidnap, murder, possession of illegal fire airm and criminal.
The convict and others now at large had on the 6th of December, 2013, lured Reverend EDWIN ISAIAH DOKUBO-HARRY to a forest at Abalama community in Asari Toru, kidnapped him, tied his eyes and hands leading to his death and they later abandoned his dead body in a creek in the area.
The court held that the prosecution has proven the case of conspiracy, kidnap, murder, possession of illegal fire airm and criminal against PRECIOUS JACK OPARA, ANSWER DICK, OSAKI FUBARA, PRINCE MIKADO PHILIP, TIENABESO GEORGE, SELEIPRI FUBARA and ALABOERIYA FUBARA.
Justice BOMA DIEPIRI ruled that the convicts should be hang on their neck until they are confirmed death and thereafter directed the prosecution to hand over the recovered gun and other exhibits to Nigerian Police.
Our correspondent reports the pronouncement of the death sentence resulted to emotional and uncontrollable tears from some of the convicts and their family members who were in court in solidarity.
