Justice Adolphus Enebeli of the Rivers State High court has sentenced a man identified as Dike to death.
Dikeh was responsible for the death of eight years old Chikamso who he raped and went on to dismember at Messiah Close, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Having killed her, he then removed her tongue, breasts, vagina, and eyes. He was on his way to dispose of her body when he was apprehended by men of the vigilante group in the area.
Dike was handed over to the police but escaped with the help of an officer identified as Sgt Johnbosco Okoroeze who has since been dismissed from service.
Dike fled to Plateau State but was caught and returned to Rivers state and has been facing trial.
He and his accomplice, Ugochukwu Onwuamiro were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape and gruesome murder of the girl.
In a judgment that lasted almost three hours, Justice Enebeli described the actions of Dike and Ugochukwu as satanic and deserved to die by hanging.
The presiding judge also found the dismissed police officer guilty of criminal negligence having acted in a manner that allowed Dike to escape from police custody 24 hours after he was arrested. The court reduced his sentence to one year having considered that he had been in custody since August 2017, been dismissed from the police, and is a family man.
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