30-year-old
Nigerian soldier, Lance Corporal Oge Etudo, has been found guilty of rape and
culpable homicide and has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Abuja Court.
The Soldier
who was formerly attached to a battalion of the Nigerian Army at Lungi Barracks
in Abuja, was found guilty of abducting a lady, whose name was given as Binta
Usman Kadede, on March 27, 2014, at Dei-Dei suburb of the FCT.
Justice A.S.
Adepoju who ruled on the case, stressed that the soldier gruesomely murdered
his victim after raping her, and so will not show mercy to him.
According to
NAIJALOADED, A medical report signed by a Chief Consultant Pathologist,
Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, Abuja, Dr. A.U. Mukthar, confirmed that the
deceased had injuries around the vulva area with cervical fractures and
corroborated the uncontradicted evidence of the eye-witness who saw the accused
person on top of the deceased with a knife.
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