Saturday, March, 14 2026 -A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday sentenced three people to d3ath by hanging over the m8rder of a pharmacist.
The convicts are Confidence Kirinee, popularly called
General Ilia, Precious Mona and Soniabari Sagha.
The court, presided over by Justice Augusta Chukwu, also
convicted one Loveday Legah to life imprisonment for belonging to a secret cult
group whose activities led to the m8rder of a pharmacist identified as Muenalo
Sunday from Zaakpo community in Khana Local Government Area of the state.
Justice Chukwu convicted and sentenced the trio of
Confidence Kirinee, Precious Mona and Soniabari Sagha to death by hanging for
conspiracy, cultism, kidnapping, and murder of the pharmacist on 5th March 2019
in Zaakpo community, Khana LGA.
Justice Chukwu in her judgement held that the prosecution
proved the case of conspiracy, cultism, kidnapping, and m8rder against
Confidence Kirinee, popularly called General Ilia, Precious Mona and Soniabari
Sagha, and a case of cultism against Loveday Legah.
The judge ruled that with confessional statements and
evidence before the court, the suspects, who are members of the Iceland secret
cult, actually conspired, kidnapped and m8rdered their victim, cut off his head
and other sensitive organs and later dumped his remains inside a pit, while the
head was taken to their shrine in a bush in a neighbouring community.
She held that while Loveday Legah should spend his entire
life in prison, Confidence Kirinee, Precious Mona and Soniabari Sagha should be
hanged by the neck until they are confirmed d3ad.
Counsel to the convicts declined to comment on the
judgment.
The prosecution counsel, speaking to newsmen, Chief State
Counsel, Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Precious Ordu, commended the judge
for a thorough job, which he described as proof of justice for both the dead
and the living.
"The
judgment today is a good one. We commend the judge for a thorough work. It has
been a hectic one from when we started till date," Ordu said.
“We really
thank God that the matter has come to an end. We have done our part and today
the judge in her wisdom has convicted the four defendants for conspiracy,
kidnapping, m8rder and cultism.
“It will
restore hope to my client, who before now thought she would not get justice
from the judiciary.”
"Today
I’m sure she is happy and even the d3ad is also happy that justice has also
been secured on his behalf, notwithstanding that he was brutally k!lled. He
will also rest wherever he is today.”
On her
part, the widow of the late pharmacist, who said she has sickle cell disease,
Pretty Neewa-Sunday, expressed happiness over the judgment, which she said
would allow the soul of her late husband to rest in peace.
“They have
reaped what they sowed because they k!lled my husband who did not commit any
offence,” she said.
“My pain
is that I have sickle cell disease and only my husband knew how to care for me.
Today I have become a widow that neither my husband nor I planned for.”
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