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34-yr-old dismissed soldier to die by hanging for murdering lover over SMS
A 34-year-old dismissed soldier identified as Sunday Umaru will die by hanging for killing his lover over a message he found on her mobile phone.
The sentence was handed to the convict by Justice S. P. Gang of a Plateau State High Court sitting in Barkin Ladi, on Wednesday, who found him guilty of killing his girlfriend, Charity Thomas, on January 23, 2016.
According to Justice Gang, Umaru “mercilessly took the life of Charity Thomas in cold blood” and had to face the full weight of the law.
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Justice Gang further ruled that, “This sentence is mandatory; the law states that any person convicted of murder shall be punished with death by hanging.
“The sentence of this court upon you is that you, Sunday Umaru, will be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May God have mercy on your soul.”
Umaru was accused of killing his lover, Charity, who visited him from Kaduna, by stabbing her with a knife in the stomach, slaughtering her thereafter, and dumping the body by the roadside.
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