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A High Court sitting in Anambra State and presided over by Justice Lauretta Oyeka has sentenced a commercial tricycle rider, Makua Ezike, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering one Jude Onwuegbuchunam, an indigene of Umuoji in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.
According to the charge sheet obtained by our correspondent on Monday, the offence was committed on November 17, 2019, along the Oba-Obosi-Nkpor-Umuoji Road.
Ezike was said to be using his tricycle alongside his other gang members for a “one-chance” robbery operation.
The defendant and two members of his gang, who are still at large, while posing as a commercial tricycle rider and passengers, picked up an unsuspecting Onwuegbuchunam and, midway into the journey, attempted to rob him of his phone and other valuables.
