On Monday, March 13, an Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the state condemned one Moses Abdon Edo, 37, to death by hanging for the murder of his father, Abdon Peter Edo.
The Court, presided over by Judge Ezekiel Enang, ruled that the defendant, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA, admitted in his confession to killing his father in his residence on July 29, 2015, and burying him next to his son’s grave.
Justice Enang in a one hour judgement said the convict, who is the first son of the deceased, also confessed that he pursued his father to the backyard of his old building and hit his head on the wall where he died on the spot over landed property.
The Court held that once a confessional statement is positive, direct and unequivocal of fact, it is sufficient to secure conviction of the accused even without the evidence being collaborated.
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Justice Enang said in a charge of murder, what the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt, are the ingredients of the offence that the deceased died and that the death was caused by the act of the accused with an intention to kill or cause him grievous bodily harm.
The Court held that by smashing the head of his father on the wall, the convict had intended to kill him.
Justice Ezekiel Enang found Moses Edo, an okada rider, guilty of murder and ordered that he should be hanged or lethal substance injected inside him until he is dead.
The case, which was prosecuted by the State Ministry of Justice and defended by the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, has laid to rest, the eight years of prosecution of the matter at the trial Court.
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