Nigeria: Court Sentences Policemen to Death, Frees 3 Others Ove Apo Killings

9 March 2017

A High Court of the Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, sentenced two Police officers to death over the nocturnal murder of six traders at the Apo mechanic village in Abuja, in 2005.

The victims, Ifeanyi Ozo, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwokike and Tina Arebun, aged between 21 to 25 years, were motor spare parts dealers.

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