killer Policeman to die by hanging

Firstclass newsline learnt that a Rivers State High Court has
sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death
by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi
Nwasouba.
The court's ruling is coming about five years after Nwasouba was
murdered by the police at about 5am on November 10, 2010 at No. 34,
Old Aba Road, Port Harcourt.
Nwasouba, who was a graduate of Industrial Chemistry, was branded an
armed robber by the police while he was on his way to distribute his
products to customers within the Port Harcourt metropolis.
The deceased was shot dead by a team of policemen, led by Timothy, at
the front of his residence, even after he (Nwasouba) shouted to the
hearing of the policemen that he was only a pure water producer and
not an armed robber.
Delivering his judgment on Monday, the trial judge, Justice Adolphus
Enebeli, declared that the convict (Timothy) demonstrated an act of
inhumanity through his action.
Justice Enebeli, whose ruling took about three hours, however,
discharged and acquitted one Corporal Moses, who had been standing
trial together with the convict.
The judge said that based on the testimonies of witnesses, including
members of the patrol team in the case, the convict was an "inhuman,
trigger-happy policeman, who engages in murder; a hater of humankind
and a merciless killer."
Explaining that the killing of the sachet water seller by the convict
was deliberate, Justice Enebeli, maintained that Timothy should die by
hanging.
The trial judge added that based on the law and the circumstances
surrounding the death of the graduate of Industrial Chemistry, he had
no power to reduce the sentence.
"According to Section 319 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, I do not have the power to reduce your sentence. That you,
Inspector Timothy Samuel be hanged on your neck until you are dead,"
he held.
Justice Enebeli stated that Corporal Moses was discharged and
acquitted because it became clear that the policemen on duty never
conspired to kill the victim
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