A high court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital has sentenced a man, Lucky Godwin to death by hanging for stabbing a woman to death inside a hotel room in Abakaliki, the state capital.
He was accused of stealing a baby belonging to the deceased after stabbing her to death and selling the two-year-old baby girl in Akwukabi Etche, River State.
The accused brought the deceased and her child from Enugu State and they both lodged at Crown garden hotel, Abakaliki where he allegedly killed the woman with a knife provided for him by the hotel gateman, Monday Onwe who collected N30, 000 to assist Godwin in the act.
The lady’s decomposing body was found days after the murder which occurred in 2018.
The accused also attempted to murder a heavily pregnant woman, Chisom Ugwu by stabbing her in a bush behind Girls’ High School, Azuiyikowu in Abakaliki, and also stole her two-year-old baby.
The incident also occurred in 2018. Chisom Ugwu was found in a coma in a bush behind Azuiyiokwu girl’s high school close to the Crown Garden Hotel where he had stabbed the other lady to death.
Delivering judgment on the matter, the trial judge, Justice Iheanchor Chima sentenced Godwin to death by hanging.
