A NIGERIAN court has sentenced a policeman to death by hanging for the murder of a cab driver during a raid, a press report said on Friday. The Asaba high court in southern Nigeria on Thursday found 32-year-old sergeant Adegboye Ibikunle guilty of killing Godspower Edeha last year in a police raid on his house, the Vanguard newspaper reported. It said the court rejected the submission of the defence counsel that his client shot the driver in self defence. Presiding judge Marshal Umukoro said there was a clear evidence that the policeman “intentionally killed” the driver and sentenced him to death by hanging. No date was fixed for the execution of the sentence which has to be approved by the state governor before it can be carried out. – AFP
Friday September 28, 2001