Stepmother And Two Teachers Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Edo State

An Edo High Court on Monday, sentenced three individuals to death by hanging over the homicide of a three-year-old young lady. 

Betty Stephen, the stepmother of a three-year-old young lady, and two instructors distinguished as Johnson Ogbeide and

Nancy Aiwuyor, have been sentenced to death by hanging, by Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo, at an Edo State High Court on Monday over the homicide of a youthful babygirl for custom.

The offense was supposedly dedicated on February 24, 2009, at Erhiborhibo town in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. 

As indicated by Premium Times, in her judgment, the judge said the arraignment demonstrated its case past sensible uncertainty, including that the indictment demonstrated that the stepmother gave the three-year-old young lady to Ogbeide, who thus gave over the infant to his partner, Aiwuyor, to be sold for custom purposes. 

The court judge who assessed the proof set before her, said the kid was left in the guardianship of her stepmother by her folks who went to cultivate on the day the kid was killed. 

"At the point when the casualty's folks returned, they couldn't discover the youngster, just for the stepmother to admit that she stole the kid to the two different convicts," she said. 

The judge likewise said that the indictment set up that the casualty was sold for N1.5 million, her nine fingers remove, her hair shaved as coordinated for the custom. 

"Seven years after the casualty vanished in the hands of the convicts without being found, the court was protected to hold that the kid was dead. The demonstrations of the first, second and third blamed persons which brought about the passing for the expired were unlawful," Mrs. Imadegbelo said.

Source: Premium Times