#DeathSentence Archives - Famous Reporters

Oct

03

2026

89-Year-Old Imo Man Faces Death Sentence After 10 Years in Custody, GOMEP-NG Appeals for Review

NATIONAL NEWS#DeathSentence, #GOMEPNG, #HumanRights, #ImoState, #Justice, #Nba, #NigeriaNews, #PaEverestusOkereke

89-Year-Old Imo Man Faces Death Sentence After 10 Years in Custody, GOMEP-NG Appeals for Review By Our Correspondent At 89, Pa Everestus Okereke has reportedly spent nearly a decade in custody and now faces a death sentence. GOMEP-NG is asking the NBA, human rights lawyers and civil society groups to take a fresh look at the case before any irreversible action is taken. GOMEP-NG has urged the NBA, human rights lawyers and CSOs to review the case of 89-year-old Pa Everestus Okereke and his son, who reportedly face execution in Imo State. ABUJA — The Guild of Online Media Editors…

Oct

03

2026

By Famous Reporters

89-Year-Old Imo Man, Son Face Execution After Spending 10 Years in Prison Over 2016 Case

CRIME AND JUSTICE, METRO#CrimeNews, #DeathSentence, #FamousReporters, #HumanRights, #ImoState, #Justice, #NigeriaNews, #PaEverestusOkereke

89-Year-Old Imo Man, Son Face Execution After Spending 10 Years in Prison Over 2016 Case At 89, Pa Everestus Okereke has spent about a decade behind bars and is now facing execution alongside his eldest son, as questions remain over the 2016 incident that changed their lives. Pa Everestus Okereke, 89, and his eldest son, Ugochukwu, are reportedly facing execution after spending about 10 years in prison over a 2016 case in Imo State. At 89, Pa Everestus Okereke has spent about a decade behind bars in Imo State and is now facing execution alongside his eldest son, Ugochukwu, following…

Feb

20

2026

By Famous Reporters

Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Winners Pastor to Death for Murder of First-Class UNIUYO Student

LEGAL, METRO#BreakingNewsNigeria #AkwaIbomHighCourt, #CourtVerdict, #DeathSentence, #GabrielBasseyEdward, #JusticeInNigeria, #UNIUyoWinnersChapel #LivingFaithChurch #PrinceEmmanuelUmoh

Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Winners Chapel Pastor to Death for Murder of First-Class UNIUYO Student "Akwa Ibom High Court sentences Winners Chapel pastor Prince Emmanuel Umoh to death by hanging for the 2020 murder of University of Uyo first-class Engineering student Gabriel Bassey Edward. Justice delivered after five years." An Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced Prince Emmanuel Umoh, a resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, to death by hanging for the murder of Gabriel Bassey Edward, a final-year Engineering student of the University of Uyo. The judgment was delivered on February 19, 2026,…

Dec

14

2025

By Famous Reporters

My Son Is Innocent’: Abia Father Begs Gov. Otti for Intervention 5yrs After Death Sentence for Phone Theft

LEGAL, NEWS#AbiaCourt, #AbiaState, #DeathRowNigeria, #DeathSentence, #GovernorAlexOtti, #HumanRightsNigeria, #JudicialReform, #JusticeReform, #MiscarriageOfJustice, #PhoneTheftCase, #WrongfulConviction

My Son Is Innocent’: Abia Father Begs Gov. Otti for Intervention 5yrs After Death Sentence for Phone Theft "A grieving Abia father appeals to Governor Alex Otti for intervention, five years after his only son was sentenced to death for alleged phone theft, insisting the conviction was a miscarriage of justice." Five years after a High Court in Abia State sentenced his only son to death over allegations of phone theft, Mr. Mbaonu O. Mbaonu has renewed a desperate appeal to the state government, insisting that the conviction was a grave miscarriage of justice. In 2020, according to a court…

Nov

29

2025

By Famous Reporters

UNIPORT Student Sentenced to Death for Murder of Girlfriend, Justina Otuene

CRIME#BreakingNewsNigeria, #CourtJudgement, #DamianOkoligwe, #DeathSentence, #JustinaOtuene, #MurderTrial, #NigeriaCrimeNews, #PortHarcourtNews, #RiversStateNews, #UNIPORT

UNIPORT Student Sentenced to Death for Murder of Girlfriend, Justina Otuene "A Rivers State High Court has sentenced UNIPORT student Damian Okoligwe to death by hanging for the 2023 murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene. The court ruled that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene, a 300-level Biochemistry student of the same institution. Naija News reports that the court…

Apr

04

2024

By Famous Reporters

Celebration galore in Akwa-Ibom, as court sentences man to death by hanging

LEGAL#DeathSentence, #UdobongStephenAdiahaunwa, #Verdict, #Victimisation

Celebration galore in Akwa-Ibom, as court sentences man to death by hanging There is currently an air of joy and merriments among the people of Idung Ntuk Umah in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the prosecution and subsequent death by hanging, sentenced to one Udobong Stephen Adiahaunwa, by the Akwa Ibom State High Court. Udobong, aged 48, a father of two and brother to the late Village Head of Idung Ntuk Umah, Gabriel Adiahaunwa, was sentenced by Justice Gabriel Ette after he was convicted on a four count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and terrorism.…