POLICEMAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING A 3 -YR – OLD GIRL.

A 35-year-old policeman, ex-Corporal Ikechukwu Nwabueze was on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a three-year-old-girl, Kafusara Muritala, by shooting her in her father’s car at a police check point at Obanle Aro Mr Biggs, Roundabout in Alapere Ketu. Nwabueze was alleged to have on April 5, 2009 shot at a car in which the parents, the three-year old Kafusara and her father’s three friends were commuting at Mr. Biggs Junction at Alapere, Ketu.

The convicted policeman and his colleagues were said to have taken to their heels when they discovered that there was a fatality. However, Nwabueze who was later dismissed from the Police Force, was said to have confessed during investigation that he shot at the tyre of the car in which the deceased girl and her parents were travelling. When testifying in his defence, the convict gave contradictory accounts of what happened on the fateful day and admitted that he expended two rounds of ammunition that day though by law, he should only do this if his life is being threatened. Justice Akinlade, while delivering judgment held that the prosecution had proved its case against the former police officer beyond reasonable doubt, adding that the weight of evidence before the court showed that Nwabueze had the intention to kill.