A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has sentenced one Eto Paul
Ufuoma to death by hanging over the murder his neighbour, Julius
Oforofuo, on June 12, 2000. Justice Marshall Mukoro who handed down the
sentence, however, discharged and acquitted the second and third accused
persons, Samson Edorh and Akpoghene Edeno for lack of evidence linking
them to the offence.
Ufuoma, who claimed to be studying Accountancy at the Federal
Polytechnic, Oko, committed the act following minor disagreement with
the deceased over a pair of shoes kept in the deceased’s custody by the
convict’s elder brother.
Ufuoma was said to be in the habit of wearing his elder brother’s
clothes and shoes without his consent, a situation that made the elder
brother to keep the said shoes in the deceased’s custody to prevent
Ufuoma from having easy access to it. Trouble started when the late
Oforofuo on the fateful morning of the incident got what he did not
bargained for.
The convict stormed his apartment and forcefully demanded for the
release of the canvass shoes. The deceased’s refusal to produce the said
shoes led to a brawl which was later settled by neighbours who pleaded
with the convict for calm. Not satisfied, Ufuoma was said to have staged
a comeback in the evening of the fateful day and attacked the deceased
who was bathing in a public bathroom at the time.
The assailant attacked the defenceless Oforofuo with broken bottles
and stabbed him severally on different parts of his body. Oforofuo
bleeded profusely and was later confirmed dead at the Oleh General
Hospital where he was rushed to for medical attention.
Culled from Sun
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