By Jefferson Uwoghirenour
A Benin High Court has sentenced to death a house wife and her pastor to death for the murder of a senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Benin City in Edo State, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo. The woman, Eniobong Isonguyo is the widow of the deceased while the second convict, Pastor Udoka Ukachukwu is the head of their church.
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The court presided over by Hon.Justice Imadegbelo heard that the deceased was killed with a sharp object in his car by the said pastor and his remains set ablaze in the car on the agreement with his widow who was then pregnant for the pastor. The court was also told by police prosecutor how some millions of naira and landed properties belonging to the deceased were transferred to the said pastor.
A team of state counsel also told the court that the murder of Engineer Isonguyo was carried out by the convicts in order to cover up the pregnancy accusation by the deceased who was then asking questions about the woman ‘s pregnancy while he was away.
The court also heard how one of the defendants who is the pastor was told by the woman to wait on the route of her husband to work and stop him for a ride. The plan paid off as the man eventually stopped and gave the pastor a ride along Sapele Road in Benin city. During the journey, the said pastor then brought out the sharp object and smashed it on the de him on the deceased’s neck before opening the petrol tank where he sipped out fuel and burnt him beyond recognition.
The high court judge sentenced the two persons to death. They are to die by hanging. The woman who was four months pregnant then, has given birth in Benin prison.
