A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, has sentenced Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force to death for murder.
The court which was presided over by Hon. Justice C.D. Diai convicted and sentenced the officer was to death for the murder of one Mr Emmanuel Ibeh Onyeka, a telephone repairer and seller.
The prosecution, led by Messrs. E.H. Edema (a director in the Ministry of Justice) and Michael Ayogbe, alleged that the defendant was part of a police patrol team that mounted a stop-and-search exercise on April 5, 2023, along the Ugbolu-Asaba Road in the state capital.
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The deceased, Emmanuel Onyeka Ibeh and his wife were driving from Ugbolu to Asaba when they were flagged down by the police team for a search.
The defendant was said to have opened fire into the vehicle leaving the deceased dead, however the deceased wife, who sat in the front seat with him, was unhurt.
