Police man sentence to death because of 100 naira

High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday
sentenced a police sergeant, Clement Indyel, to
death for killing two persons while engaging in a
fight with a bus driver over a N100 bribe.
Two other persons identified as Ali Bello and
Auwalu Kwale, bagged life imprisonment each for
their involvement in the crime.
Justice Biobele Georgewill, who delivered
judgement on the matter, said Indyel and the two
others conspired to murder Chinyeaka Kamalu
and Ugochukwu Harcourt.
Georgewill, who recalled that the convicts were
charged with felony, conspiracy and murder, said
they (convicts) attacked the victims, who were
passengers.

He added that the report of the autopsy conducted
on the victims revealed that they (victims)
sustained gunshot injuries that led to their death.
The trial judge maintained that the injuries
sustained by the victims were as a result of the
bullets from the AK-47 rifles used by the
policemen.
According to Justice Georgewill, the incident that
led to the sudden demise of Kamalu and Harcourt
occurred on January 17, 2010 in Port Harcourt.
“The result of the autopsy conducted on the
remains of the victims, which was tendered in
court, showed that the wound sustained by them
was bullet wound from AK47 rifles used by the
officers.
“The only way the souls of the victims can rest in
peace for their unjust murder by police officers
who were meant to protect them is to allow the
law to take its course,” he said.
Sister to the late Kamalu, Mrs. Chinyere Ideoha,
expressed delight over the ruling of the court,
even as she added that the judgement could not
bring back her dead sister to life.