University of Port Harcourt Student Sentenced to D+ath for Girlfriend’s M¥rder
University of Port Harcourt Student Sentenced to D+ath for Girlfriend’s M¥rder A Rivers State High Court has sentenced Damian Okoligwe, a 400-level University of Port Harcourt student, to d+ath for k+lling his girlfriend, 300-level Biochemistry student Justina Otuene. Justice Chiwen Nsirim Nwosu ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Okoligwe intentionally caused the d+ath of the 20-year-old, who was her parents’ only daughter. Okoligwe, now 26, k+lled Justina in October 2023 at his residence, and her dismembered body was later discovered in a ‘Ghana-must-go’ bag after neighbours reported a foul smell to the police. This discovery led to his arrest and subsequent trial. The case, initially handled by a Magistrate Court, was transferred to the Department of Public Prosecutions in November 2023, with the formal trial commencing in May 2024 under the Rivers State Government. Prosecuting counsel Charles Obediah-Mbaba lauded the court’s decision, saying the verdi...
