The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has upheld the ruling of Rivers State High Court which sentenced a bus driver, Emeka Mbachu, to death for killing Clifford Azubuike, a special marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
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Azubuike was killed while on patrol on November 3, 1995, at the 1st Artillery Junction, along Aba Port Harcourt highway in Rivers State.
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The driver, Mbachu, was consequently sentenced to death by the Rivers State High Court on July 15, 1999.
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Justice E Eko, JCA, in his lead judgement, dismissed the appeal filed by Emeka Mbachu against his earlier conviction and sentenced him to death.