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Rivers: Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing girlfriend

A Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced one Azubuike Ogonor from Ahoada East Local Government Area of the State to death by hanging for killing his girl friend, Miss Blessing Iyumame.

The case we which we gathered lasted for over thirteen years brought relief to the family of the victim at last.

Justice Chioma Okirie, who made the pronouncement, said that the convict had in his confessional statements to the police admitted to the crime.

The judge noted that Ogonor had confessed to have committed the crime by pouring petrol on the victim and ignited it with matches.

She  stated that the convict and the victim did not have issues of misunderstanding that could have led to the killing.

The court further revealed that Ogonor set his girl friend ablaze out of jealousy, after he saw her strolling with another man

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