A middle-aged woman from Ogboji community in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State is to die by hanging for killing her co-wife and her seven step-children.
Ebonyi State High Court sentenced Agnes Nwefuru to death by hanging for killing by setting ablaze Felicia Nwefuru and seven other persons in the family.
The incident was said to have occurred after Mr. Sylvanus Nwefuru and Miss Ukamaka Nwefuru, one of Felicia’s daughters survived the 2017 fire incident which began at 3 a.m. and reportedly claimed eight members of the family.
The Ebonyi State Government had in the suit no.HAW/13C/2017 alleged that the convict after removing her belongings and taking those of her children to a safe spot burnt her own house to hide the crime.
Justice Uwabunkonye Onwosi who presided over the case said the plaintiff proved that the defendant was guilty of the murder charge preferred against her.
“Nwefuru Agnes is found guilty of murder and is hereby convicted. The term of her sentence is that she be hanged by the neck until she is dead,” the judge said.
