Business Man Commits Suicide In Prison After Being Convicted For Killing A Cabbie

Businessman convicted for k*lling a cabbie, reportedly ends it all in prison A 43-year-old businessman, Obinna Echianu, has taken his own life inside the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.  Echianu was in 2020 sentenced to d*ath for k*lling a cabbie identified as Edwin Ali in Abuja. However, his co-defendant, Everly Nnorom was discharged and acquitted.

Echianu was arraigned along with 27-year-old Nnorom, a student, by the police on five counts bordering on armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, and culpable homicide. The prosecutor, Donatus Abah had told the court that the businessman, from Abia State and Nnorom, from Imo State on December 25, 2016, conspired to commit the offense of armed robbery and culpable homicide, punishable with death.

He said the duo, while armed with a Revolver Pistol and 33 live ammunition robbed one Inalegwu Edwin Ali of his Nissan Almera car and one mobile phone at Gosa pedestrian bridge, Airport Road, Abuja.

He said after both of them successfully robbed Ali, Echianu intentionally shot him in the head, causing his d*ath. A source told js during the weekend that the businessman was so dejected about his conviction that he decided to t*terminate his life inside the prison. He also blamed his d*ath on the corrupt prison system in Nigeria.

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Posted: at 4-10-2021 03:38 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Did he commit suicide because he was innocent of the crime or afraid of the hangman noose or the corruption inside the prison? Which is which oooo

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