•Threatens
to kill more after being sentenced to death
Corporal Umaru Muhammed who shot and killed his colleague,
Corporal Clement Amaechi in the premises of Government House, Umuahia in 2011,
yesterday caused a stir inside an Umuahia High Court after a death sentence was
handed him by the presiding High Court Judge, Justice Agwu Umah Kalu.
The embattled Muhammed refused to be handcuffed by a team of
prison warders who brought him to court and was seen, aiming at snatching one
of the guns of the warders who brought him to court.
After the judgment was delivered against him, Muhammed became
hysterical and refused to be handcuffed and taken away. He warned the prison
warders to stay away from him, threatening to kill anyone who dared to come
near.
But Muhammed’s bravado did not last long as the team of warders,
helped by other security agents, launched out on and subdued him, making all
who had run for their dear life to return and behold the face of the condemned
man. Justice Umah, who delivered judgment on the matter said prosecution proved
beyond reasonable doubt that the gunshots fired by the accused person at close
range killed the deceased. He said the action was an offence punishable under
Section 319, Cap 1 of the Criminal Code applicable to the state, under which
the offence was committed.
He said further that the accused deserved no sympathy and
ordered that he should be hanged by the neck until he died, as it would serve
as a deterrent to those who might want to embark on such senseless venture in
future. Muhammed had been tried in orderly room trial under the leadership of
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Joseph Micloth and dismissed from police
service, which made it possible for him to be tried in a High Court after a
Chief Magistrate, Maureen Ahukanna, said her court had no jurisdiction to
entertain the case.
In the early hours of July 19, 2011, Corporal Muhammed of the
Nigerian Police Force, Police Headquarters, Bende Road, Umuahia, attached to
Government House, Umuahia, shot and killed his fellow convoy colleague,
Corporal Clement Amaechi.
The two policemen were attached to the convoy of the Abia State
Governor, Chief Theodore Orji. Corporal Amaechi was said to be watching a late
night movie in his room, which the two of them shared as living quarters when
the incident happened. The killer cop went berserk shooting sporadically after
killing Amaechi and was later disarmed by one of the security men at the
Government House, who shot him, wounding him in the process, when he wanted to
change the magazine of his gun, which had finished. Muhammed was later taken to
the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, where he was given medical attention
before being tried at orderly room and dismissed from service.
Source: Sun
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