The embattled community head of Ekpan, Chief Newton Agbofodo, Uvwie Council Area of Delta State, has been slapped with a death sentence.
He is one of the highest-ranking chiefs of Uvwie Kingdom. He was arrested on June 17, 2016, and was later arraigned in court for crimes bordering on murder.
He got his sentence from a Delta State High Court 4, in Asaba, after being found guilty of all four count charges preferred against him. He was sentenced to death by hanging.?.
Charges preferred against him were conspiracy to commit murder, the substantial offense of murder, conspiracy to commit attempted murder and an attempted murder.
According to reports, he was alleged to have been linked to series of killings within Ekpan and its environs, including the murder of one Edigbe Ikpesa sometime in OcÂtober 2012. He was also implicated in the Delta Mall robbery/wanton deÂstruction in January 2016.
