< img src="https://edugist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_2131.jpeg" alt ="" > A Delta State High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku has actually sentenced 2 men, Macaulay Desmond Oghenemaro and Enaike Onoriode, to death by hanging for the 2019 kidnapping and routine murder of Elozino Joshualia Ogege, a 300-level Mass Interaction student of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka.
Justice Flora Ngozi Azinge delivered the judgment on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, after discovering the defendants guilty of conspiracy to dedicate kidnapping, kidnapping, conspiracy to dedicate murder, and murder.
The prosecution told the court that Ogege, a top-notch trainee, was lured under the guise of meeting a representative who would assist her protected off-campus lodging. She was consequently abducted and murdered in what district attorneys described as a routine killing connected to suspected internet scams activities.
Throughout the trial, the founded guilty guys reportedly gave confessional declarations detailing how the victim was mutilated before her death. Prosecutors declared that parts of her body, including her eyes, breasts and heart, were gotten rid of for routine purposes.
A third accused, Nwosisi Benedict Uche, was discharged and acquitted by the court, while a fourth defendant, native medical professional Robinson Obajero Ojokojo, passed away throughout the course of the trial.
The case, which began in 2019, experienced numerous hold-ups and adjournments, mostly due to the duplicated absence of counsel representing the first offender. Procedures ultimately resumed, culminating in the adoption of final written addresses previously this year.
In her judgment, Justice Azinge held that the prosecution had shown its case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced Oghenemaro and Onoriode to death by hanging for the murder of Ogege.
Reacting to the decision, the Delta State Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Omamuzo Erebe (SAN), who led the prosecution team, explained the judgment as a landmark triumph for justice.