Police Inspector to die by hanging for killing ‘pure water’ seller in Port Harcourt


A police inspector, simply identified as Samuel
Timothy has been sentenced to death by
hanging for murder.
Justice Adolphus Enebeli of Rivers State High
Court passed the judgment on Monday.
The Inspector shot dead one Onyekachi
Nwasouba, a graduate of Industrial chemistry
on November 10 , 2010 at No 34 Old Aba
road, Port Harcourt at about 5 am.
The deceased had reportedly begged that he
was not an armed robber before the officer
gunned him down.
According to information available before the
court, the deceased was a producer and
distributor of his brand of sachet water.
He was out to distribute the sachet water to
his clients when he met his untimely death

Justice Enebeli in his verdict said the matter
had been in his court since 2010, describing
the convict as inhuman and not fit to live
among descent humans.