Rivers: Court Sentences Woman To Death By Hanging For Conspiring With Security Guard To Kill Husband
JUSTICE Augusta Chukwu of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a housewife, Mrs Telma Bestman and one Wilson Okelekele to death by hanging for conspiring to kill Telma’s husband Bestman Wagbara.
Telma was charged with conspiring with Okelekele, who was the security guard of the family, to kill her husband at their residence along Saint John’s axis of Rumuolumeni Ogbogoro Road on 20th February 2020.
In her judgment, Justice Chukwu held that the prosecution was able to prove the case of conspiracy and murder against the convicts. The court also held that the evidence revealed that Mrs. Telma opened the door for Mr. Okelekele, to enter the room and murder her husband on the fateful day.
Counsel to the Rivers State government Precious Odu, told journalists that justice has been done after the judgment was delivered.
“We are happy. They can’t eat their cake and have it. They cannot just kill an innocent, full-fledged man and expect to go scot-free. No, the law does not allow that. So we are happy that the judgment went this way. We expected it. By God’s we got it.”
But Ubogenkere Amadi, counsel to Wilson Okelekele, said his client would appeal the judgment. “Naturally, we’ll appeal the judgment as we are not satisfied with the judgment. We will study the judgment, and definitely appeal”.
The case started in 2020. The convicts are to remain in jail awaiting the hangman’s noose unless they succeed in overturning the judgment at the Court of Appeal or possibly at the Supreme Court.
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