By Lucky Uto
A High Court in Delta State has sentenced two men to death by hanging for the murder of a 70-year-old woman in Ossissa community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area.
The trial judge, Justice D.C. Maidoh, gave the judgment after finding the duo guilty of the crime.
The convicts, Lucky Edozien and his accomplice, Amaechi Enuebuka, were said to have planned and carried out the killing of Edozien’s own mother in her home at Umudike Quarters.
According to the prosecution, Edozien believed that a ring worn by his mother was the cause of his personal problems.
He then convinced Enuebuka, a motorcyclist and part-time DJ, to help him carry out the act, promising to reward him with musical equipment.
The court heard that on the day of the incident, Enuebuka kept the deceased’s sister, Mrs. Paulinah Okonji, busy by pretending to buy scrap materials behind the house.
This gave Edozien the chance to enter his mother’s room, where he strangled her.
Although there was no eyewitness and a key witness did not testify, the court relied on available evidence and the “last seen” principle to establish their guilt.
The case, filed as HCK/54C/2023, was concluded on March 25, 2026, with the judge ruling that the offence violated the Criminal Code Law of Delta State.
Both men were subsequently sentenced to death by hanging.
