An Ikere Ekiti High Court presided over by Justice Adegoriola Adeleye
has sentenced a 26‑year-old commercial motorcyclist, Theophilus Pius,
to death by hanging for his role in the case of a missing National Youth
Service Corps member, Miss Anthonia Okeke, who was serving at Ilawe
Ekiti.
In the case that lasted six years, the judge equally sentenced Pius
to 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping Anthonia, which ultimately led
to her death in the hands of ritualists.
Anthonia, a Chemical Engineering graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka, Anambra State, was kidnapped in Ilawe Ekiti in Ekiti
South-West Local Government Area of Ekiti State on December 19, 2008 by
Pius and his gang during her service year.
“I want to submit that the prosecution counsel has been able to prove
his case beyond reasonable doubt. He has been able to establish that
the defendant is culpable and no criminal shall go unpunished in the
face of law,” Justice Adeleye said while delivering his judgement.
He therefore ruled that Pius, whom he found guilty of murder should
die by hanging. He is also to serve 10 years jail term for his
complicity in the kidnap of the late corps member.
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