Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale has sentenced a 44-year-old man, Lucky Edozien, to d3ath by hanging for the gruesome m8rder of his mother, Mrs Janeth Odinuwe.
His accomplice in the crime, 33-year-old Amaechi Enuebuka, a
motorcyclist and part-time DJ, also received a d3ath sentence.
According to a statement issued by the Delta State Ministry
of Justice on Monday, March 30, 2026, Edozien had allegedly claimed that a
ring worn by his 70-year-old mother was responsible for the difficulties he was
experiencing in life, and he decided to get rid of her.
Justice D.C. Maidoh, in his judgment on the case,
HCK/54C/2023 – State vs. Lucky Edozien & Amaechi Enuebuka, found the duo
guilty of k!lling the woman at her home in Umudike Quarters, Ossissa, Ndokwa
West Local Government Area, on April 13, 2023, after the Prosecution proved its
case.
According to the prosecution led by Assistant Director of
the Delta State Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Catherine Onoberhie-Oberuomo, Edozien
conspired with Enuebuka to k!ll the woman, an action which violated Section 319
of the Criminal Code Law of Delta State, 2006.
Edozien had promised Enuebuka musical instruments in
exchange if only he could cooperate with him to m8rder the mother.
The court heard that on the day of the crime, the accomplice
distracted the deceased’s sister, Mrs. Paulinah Okonji, by pretending to
negotiate the purchase of scrap metal located behind the house.
The plan allegedly allowed Edozien to enter his mother’s
room unchallenged, where he strangled her to d3ath.
Despite the absence of an eyewitness and the refusal of Mrs.
Okonji to testify, the prosecution relied on the “Doctrine of Last Seen” and
police investigative testimonies to establish the guilt of both men.
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