Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Dismissed Soldier To Death By Hanging For Murder Of Businessman Who Offered Him A Lift
A dismissed soldier with the Nigerian Army, 6 Battalion, Ibagwa in Abak, Corporal Stephen Iweh has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a 42-year-old man, Christopher Enobong Jimmy. He was sentenced by an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Friday. Stephen had on 23rd May, 2021 along the East-West Road in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area killed Jimmy after he had offered him a lift. The late Jimmy, who was the Manager of a Clearing and Forwarding Company in Port Harcourt, had offered Corporal Iweh a lift in his car from Trailer Park in Onne, Rivers State, to Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State. Along the way, at Oboro Junction in Ikot Abasi, the 39 year-old soldier shot him dead before fleeing with the vehicle and valuables. Investigations revealed that Corporal Iweh, a father of three children, had illegally kept the AK-47 rifle which he said he “picked at Dambou, Borno State in 2018 and decided to keep it as personal arms”. On the day of the kil...