- Two brothers have been sentenced to death by hanging for killing a farmer over a parcel of land in Akwa Ibom state
- The farmer, Iboro Akpan Joe, was beaten to death over an alleged plan to bury a charm on his killers’ family land
- The deceased was attacked with a machete and stabbed on the farm by the two brothers, wife, son and brother-in-law
Akwa Ibom state – A 48-year-old pastor, Uduak Udo Umoren and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, a motorcyclist popularly called ‘okada’ have been sentenced to death by hanging for killing a farmer over a parcel of land.
Justice Winifred Effiong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim gave the judgement after finding both brothers guilty of murder and sentenced them to death by hanging.
