A High Court sitting in Idah, Kogi State has sentenced one Ocholi Edicha to twelve years and six months imprisonment for the killing of Salome Abuh, a People’s Democratic Party Woman leader during the last governorship election in Kogi State.
The defendant was arraigned on the offences of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, mischief by fire and culpable homicide .
The prosecution called five witnesses where the court agreed with oral testimonies and eye witness accounts alongside statements made to the police and held it to be sufficient to secure the conviction of the defendant, Edicha.
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The defendant denied making statements to the police but was quick to challenge and accept some aspects of his statement as his confessional statement was admitted by the court.
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, who reacted to the verdict, commended the court for bringing Salome Abuh’s killer to justice.
Salome Abuh was on 18th November, 2019 shot and set ablaze at her residence in Ochadamu in Ofu Local Government Area, Kogi state on November 18th 2019.
(Editor-Oloyede Oworu)
