
Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Ex-Soldier to Death for Murdering Traveller Who Gave Him Ride
Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Ex-Soldier to Death for Murdering Traveller Who Gave Him Ride Stephen Iweh, a former soldier who was dismissed from service has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing a traveller, Christopher Jimmy, who gave him a ride, and robbing him of his Toyota Matrix in the year 2021. An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Corporal Stephen Iweh of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Battalion, Ibagwa, Abak, to death by hanging for the murder of a traveller who offered him a lift. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Bassey Nkanang…