Killers of Cynthia Osokogu Will Now Die By Hanging — Cort Says

The stunning quietness was broken by Akinlade's decision, which came to fruition five years after Cynthia, a postgraduate understudy of Nasarawa State University, was killed by her Facebook companions.

The judge sentenced two of the denounced to death while she released and cleared two others. Okwumo Nwabufo (33) and Olisaeloka Ezike (23) were discovered liable of planning to end Cynthia's life while attempting to take her property.

The court, nonetheless, liberated Orji Osita (33) and Ezike Nonso (25) over the disappointment of the arraignment to verification its body of evidence against them. Yet, while those absolved and their relatives ejected in chuckling and tunes of acclaim, the convicts acknowledged their destiny with a stoical manner.

One of the relatives was indicted while the other was liberated. In indicting Nwabufo and Ezike, the judge noticed that the arraignment had built up all the basic fixings expected to set up the charge of murder.

The court held that the proofs of the arraignment witnesses which were not defamed by the safeguard affirmed Cynthia's demise.

In deciding if the demonstrations of Nwabufo and Ezike were in charge of the perished demise, the court noticed that despite the fact that there was no observer record of how the woman was murdered, the affirmed offense can be demonstrated by conditional proof.

The court noticed that the confirmation of Vivian, an assistant at the inn where Cynthia was killed, such that the couple were available at the inn upon the arrival of the episode was likewise not defamed by the guard under interrogation and all things considered full weight is appended to it by the court.

The court included that its feeling about the culpability of the two denounced in the claimed wrongdoing was further fortified by their confession booth explanations to the police wherein they conceded submitting the offense.

The court held that fortuitous confirmation, in the moment case, is sufficient and leaves nobody in uncertainty that the two denounced s brought on Cynthia's passing.

“The confessional statements of the accused persons were admitted by the court as exhibits during the trial-within-trial after it was found out that they were voluntarily made,” the judge said.

After evaluating the confessional statements, the court held that they are consistent with the evidences of the prosecution witnesses.

“I hold that indeed the 1st and 2nd defendants had an opportunity to commit the offence. The confessional statements are relevant to the determination of the case despite been denied by the accused persons. In taking the totality of the evidence before the court as was adduced by the prosecution, I am of the view that the 1st and 2nd defendants were responsible for the death of Cynthia Osokogu,” the court held. They were eventually sentenced to death by hanging by the court.