Court sentences UNIPORT student to death for murder of girlfriend
The Rivers kingdom excessive courtroom in Port Harcourt has sentenced a four hundred-level college of Port Harcourt student, Damian Okoligwe, to loss of life through putting for the homicide of his female friend, Justina Otuene.
Okoligwe, a Petrochemical Engineering scholar, ok!lled Otuene, a three hundred-stage Biochemistry student, on October 20, 2023, at his rental in Mgbupba, Obio-Akpor nearby authorities vicinity of Rivers kingdom.
He dismembered her body and tried to eliminate the stays with a wheelbarrow before being arrested.
handing over judgment on Friday, November 28, 2025, Justice Chinwe Nsirim-Nwosu ruled that the prosecution had proved the case past an affordable doubt, describing Okoligwe’s actions as intentional, calculated, coordinated, and evil.
The courtroom ordered that he be “hanged on the neck till showed useless.”
outside the court, prosecuting lawyer Charles Mbaba welcomed the decision, pronouncing it might console the sufferer’s own family and deter young humans from resorting to dangerous shortcuts in existence.
Osatawaji, the late Justina Otuene’s brother, also expressed delight, noting that the judgment provided remedy and a feel of justice for their circle of relatives.
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