Report has it that the Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika LGA in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The monarch, who stood trial on four counts of conspiracy, was convicted for the murder of one Udoma Udo Ubom.
The verdict delivered by Justice Edem Akpan of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, found the found guilty of murder after the deceased was injected with a chemical substance which led to his death on the 26th of April, 2017.
According to story, late Ubom was accused of being a wizard by his late brothers , who took him to the village head to take an oath to swear in order to prove his innocence.
According to the judgement, the court after the death of Ubom, , the monarch escaped from the village in 2017 and returned in 2019, when he was arrested by the Police.
The court also said that the chemical substance administered via syringe on the deceased buttocks was his cause of death.
The judge, therefore, sentenced the 82 year old monarch, to death by hanging for murder, seven years imprisonment with hard labor for overseeing an unlawful trial by ordeal and three years imprisonment for conspiracy with others who are yet to be apprehended by the authorities.
Chief Essien Odiong has 12 wives and 60 children
