Justice
Silvanus C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at
Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a police officer, Olotu Owoicho, to 12 years
imprisonment
for causing the death of one Mrs. Doris Nonye Okere.
The victim,
who was a cashier with the then Bank PHB at Wuse Zone 1 branch, lost her life
on January 31, 2011 when the convict of Squadron 44 and chief security officer
in charge of all security operatives at Zenith Bank, Mpape, opened fire on a
taxi conveying the deceased with her barely 11-month old son to work. Olotu was
said to have pulled the trigger when the taxi driver allegedly ignored his
warning not to make a u-turn in front of the bank.
Bullets from
his gun instantly killed late Doris, forcing sympathisers to set the bank
ablaze.
Olotu, a
father of four, was subsequently arraigned on 28 June, 2011, on a two-count
charge of culpable homicide punishable with death and also causing grievous
harm by reckless use of firm arm.
After
listening to the plea of Olotu's Counsel, Barrister Noah Imoni, urging the
court to temper justice with mercy as he had been in prison custody since
December 31, 2011, the judge sentenced him to the term of 12 years, running
retrospectively from 28 June, 2011.
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