JUSTICE Nayai Aganaba of Bayelsa State High Court 4 has
sentenced Izibefien Tamuno and Izibekuma George, the alleged killers of a
Bayelsa State Government employee, Edi Kolu, to death.
Kolu was said to be on an official duty when he was
allegedly attacked and killed by the duo in Yenagoa area of the state in 2015.
Justice Aganaba, who presided over the case that was first
brought before the court two years ago, upheld the prayer of the prosecution
and ordered that the two suspected killers should die by hanging.
At the Bayelsa State High Court 4 and in charge No. YHC/83C/2015
between the State and the convicts, the court said it was convinced beyond all
reasonable doubts that Tamuno and George were responsible for the death of the
victim (Kolu).
The prosecution led by officials from the office of the
Special Prosecutor on Violent Crime and other Related Offences in the state had
told the court that the two convicts killed the victim while he was on official
duty with other staff from the office of the Surveyor-General of Bayelsa.
They maintained that Kolu, who until his death was an
employee of the Office of the Surveyor General of Bayelsa, was killed when he
and other government officials had gone to demarcate a boundary between Opolo
community and Okutukutu in Yenagoa.
The prosecution stated that the deceased was carrying out
his mandate in accordance with a judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in
favour of Opolo community on May 21, 2015.
Messrs Tamuno and George of Okutukutu and Etegwe towns
respectively were subsequently sentenced for the murder of the surveyor by
Justice Aganaba.
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