A man identified as Obinna Eze has been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court sitting in Akwukwu-Igbo Asaba, Delta State for killing a six-month-old baby.
Mr Eze was arraigned in court by the Delta State prosecutor-general on three-counts of attempted murder, murder and causing grievous harm. when he attacked her Neighbour Blessing Igwe with a Matchette, following an argument over a missing phone. The convicted felon committed the offences on October 27, 2023, at Talita Street, Okpanam Road, Asaba.
Ms Igwe, had told the court that the incident occurred after she had a disagreement over a missing phone belonging to the defendant, her Neighbour.
She said the defendant attacked her with a cutlass and inflicted several injuries on her and on the head of her child who died a week later in the hospital.
Presiding judge Justice Marcel Okoh found the defendant guilty of all the charges. He said evidence provided by the deceased’s mother, the pathologist, and the confessional statement tendered by the police, established the prosecution’s case.
The court, however, rejected the defendant’s denial in his testimony before the court, and the retraction of his confessional statement.
