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6-Month-Old Baby: Court Sentences Man To Death

A man has been sentenced to death, by a Delta State High Court sitting in Akwukwu-Igbo, Oshimili North Local Government Area for what he allegedly did to a 6month old baby.
Identified as Obinna Eze, he allegedly eliminated Baby Chimaobi Igwe, his co-tenant’s son at Talitha Street, off Okpanam Road in Asaba,
The court has ruled that the offence is punishable under sections 320, 319, and 335 respectively of the Criminal Code Laws of Delta State.
His sentencing follows a three-count charge of attempted murder, murder, and causing grievous bodily harm, punishable under sections 320, 319, and 335 respectively of the Criminal Code Laws of Delta State.
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The prosecution was led by Mr. Omamuzo Erebe, the State Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, with other counsel, including J.A. Otite, Solomon Funkekeme Jr., M.C. Okafor, and Mrs. Betty Adams.
Mrs. Blessing Igwe, the baby’s mother and prosecution witness, testified that Obinna Eze’s action followed their disagreement on October 27, 2023, over a missing phone belonging to the accused.
The defendant, she said, attacked her with a cutlass, inflicting several cuts on her and on the head of her six-month-old baby.
Though mother and son were rushed to the hospital for treatment, the baby died a week later from the injuries sustained.
A pathologist’s report submitted that the baby died from three deep penetrating injuries to the head caused by a sharp object, such as a cutlass.
The presiding judge, Justice Marcel Okoh, stated that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, noting that the eyewitness testimony of the deceased’s mother, the evidence of the pathologist, and the confessional statement made by the defendant to the investigating police officer all established the prosecution’s case convincingly.
On the other hand, the court rejected the defendant’s denial during his testimony and his retraction of the confessional statement, sentencing him to death by hanging for the murder of Chimaobi Igwe.