Nigeria: Cynthia - Court Orders Release of Two Arrested Pharmacists

27 November 2012

Lagos — Two pharmacists among whom were accused of killing Cynthia Osokogu Udoka, the 23 year-old lady who was killed by her facebook friends in Lagos have been set free by a Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja.

Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo who presided over the ruling ordered that pharmacists, Orji Osita and Maduakor Chukwunonso be released based on affidavit of response filed by the office of the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) dated November 1, 2012.

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