Imo court sentences 34-year-old man to death by hanging for kidnapping, armed robbery 

A State High Court sitting successful Owerri, the Imo State Capital, has sentenced  a 34-year-old man, Johnbosco Chidera Ashiegbu to decease by hanging aft uncovering him blameworthy of serial equipped robbery and kidnapping.

Johnbosco, a autochthonal of Amaiyi Akabo successful Ikeduru LGA of the State, was said to person been arrested successful 2024 on Okigwe road, Owerri, successful a stolen vehicles and aft interrogation, helium confessed to person been successful the concern of  equipped robbery and hostage taking, operating wrong Imo and Abia States with his gang.

Ruling connected the matter, the presiding Judge, Hon. Justice C.N Akowundu said the suspect was blameworthy of each the 8 number charges against him arsenic the prosecuting counsel proved beyond tenable uncertainty each the charges leveled against the accused person. 

He recalled that successful 2024, Ashiegbu and his pack who are presently astatine large, trailed 1 Mr. Rex Edwin Achiefula to his location astatine Aba portion driving on with his woman and whisked the mates away, robbing them of their car and the sum of US2800 dollars

While the woman was freed on the road, the hubby was blindfolded and taken to an chartless destination wherever helium was held hostage for adjacent to six days.

Meanwhile, the suspect and his pack members that aforesaid day, astir sa...