Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced to death Okwumo Nwabufo and OlisaelokaEzike for the murder of a postgraduate student of Nasarawa State University, Cynthia Osokogu.
It would be recalled that the deceased was murdered by the convicts on July 22, 2012 at Cosmilla Hotel, Lake View Estate, Festac Town, Lagos.
Our Correspondent reports that the presiding judge found Nwabufo and Ezike guilty as charged by the state.
Justice Akinlade held that the circumstantial evidence brought by the state in proof of the six counts of conspiracy, murder and stealing against the accused persons were cogent, complete, unequivocal and compelling.
