A Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced Sergeant James Imanilu to death by hanging for the murder of late David Legbara, a commercial bus driver in 2015.
Justice Elsie Thompson in a Judgement delivered on Tuesday, found the dismissed Sergeant Imanilu guilty of the murder of Late Legbara at Wimpey junction in
Port Harcourt.
Port Harcourt Spectator reportsLegbarawas shot at close range by the police officer for refusing to give him N100 bribe at Wimpey junction in Port Harcourt.
Justice Thompson ruled that the evidence before the court showed the Defendant intentionally fired a bullet at the commercial driver.
The Judge described the dismissed Sergeant James Imanilu as a serial trigger-happy policeman that should not be allowed to remain in society.
She found the former police officer guilty after looking at his extra-judicial and confessional statements as well as the evidence presented by the prosecution and their witnesses.
One of the Prosecution Counsel, Kingsley Briggs, thanked God that justice has finally been served even though it took so long.
