Court Sentences Cynthia Osokogu’s Murderers To Death

[caption id="attachment_17936" align="alignnone" width="640"]Cynthia Osokogu[/caption]

A Lagos State High Court has sentenced the killers of Cynthia Osokogu, the Nasarawa State University postgraduate student, murdered by her Facebook friends to death.

Cynthia Osokogu was allegedly killed by her Facebook friends, Okwumo Nwabufo and Olisaeloka Ezike on July 22, 2012, at Cosmilla Hotel, Lakeview Estate, Festac Town, Lagos.

In a judgment on Thursday, Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, found the accused guilty as charged.

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The judge held that the circumstantial evidence brought by the state in proof of the six counts of conspiracy, murder and stealing against the accused persons were cogent, complete, unequivocal and compelling.

Recall that the murder trial began on February 8, 2013, with the state calling the former receptionist, Ifeyinwa Njebu, at Cosmilla Suites and Hotel, Festac, who was on duty on the day of the incident as the first witness.

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