Chief Newton Agbofodo, the
embattled community head of Ekpan, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State, has been
sentenced to death.
Agbofodoh, one of the highest
ranking chiefs of Uvwie Kingdom, was arrested on June 17, 2016, and was later
arraigned in court for crimes bordering on murder.
He was sentenced by the Delta
State High Court 4, in Asaba, after being found guilty of all four count
charges preferred against him. He was sentenced to death by hanging.
Charges preferred against him
were conspiracy to commit murder, the substantial offence of murder, conspiracy
to commit attempted murder and an attempted murder.
He was alleged to have been
linked to series of killings within Ekpan and its environs, including the
murder of one Edigbe Ikpesa sometime in October 2012. He was also implicated
in the Delta Mall robbery/wanton destruction in January, 2016.
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