Court sentences man to death for murder of girlfriend
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Summary: In October 2023, the 26-year-old man murdered and then dismembered his 20-year-old girlfriend in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria.
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene, in 2023.
The convict, Damian Okoligwe, was a 400-level student of petrochemical engineering at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).
The victim, Ms Otuene, was also a 300-level student of biochemi
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