Cynthia Udoka Osokogu’s Murderers Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Two men, who were charged with the murder of Cynthia Osokogu in 2012 have been sentenced to death by hanging.

The murderers of Cynthia Osokogu have finally after a case of four years been sentenced to death by hanging by a top judge.

The culprits had allegedly lured Cynthia Osokogu from Nasarawa, where she was undergoing her postgraduate program, to Lagos where they drugged, robbed and killed her at Cosmilla Hotel, Lakeview Estate, Festac Town on July 22, 2012.

Cynthia’s corpse was later discovered in a Lagos morgue a month after she was declared missing by her family.

Cynthia Osokogu was a postgraduate student at the Nasarawa State University and an entrepreneur, who owned a boutique at her base before her death.

She was also reported to have come down to Lagos to purchase new stock for her boutique.

Premium Times reports that Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere found Ezekiel Eloka and Okwuoma Echezona Nwabufo guilty of Cynthia’s murder. They were also found guilty of conspiracy and stealing.

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While delivering the judgement on the case that lasted four yours, the exasperated judge, Olabisi Akinlade, said the accused deserved the sentence as they were not remorseful of their action, and were telling the court lies after offering confessional statements to the police. She said:

Justice is not only for the victim but for the society at large. The law says anyone found guilty of committing murder shall be sentenced to death. This court is not in a position to change the provision of the law.

In sentencing the convicts, the judge said:

Both of you should be hanged till you are dead. May the Lord have mercy on your souls.

The pharmacist, Orji Osita, who was arraigned for recklessness and negligence for selling prescription drugs to Ezekiel and Echezona, was discharged.

The murder trial began on February 8, 2013.

Two others who were involved, Orji Osita, a pharmacist who sold Ropynol, the drug used on the deceased, and Ezike Nonso, the brother of the second defendant, were charged with reckless and negligent act, and with possession of stolen property.

Al Onyanabo Ayokunnumi

Ayo Al is a graduate of English and literary studies from the University of Ibadan. She writes in her sleep and does the same when she is back to reality. She is currently working on her work of fiction which she hopes to release later this year.