Nigerian Businessman Convicted For Murder, Reportedly Takes His Own Life

A 43-year-old Nigerian n businessman, Obinna Echianu, has taken his own life inside the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja..

Reportedly Echianu was in 2020 sentenced to d*ath for k*lling an cabbie identified as Edwin Ali in Abuja. However, his co-defendant, Everly Nnorom was discharged and acquitted.

Echianu was arraigned along with 27-year-old Nnorom, a student, by the police on five counts bordering on armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, and culpable homicide. The prosecutor, Donatus Abah had told the court that the businessman, from Abia State and Nnorom, from Imo State on December 25, 2016, conspired to commit the offence of armed robbery and culpable homicide, punishable with d*ath.

He said the duo, while armed with a Revolver Pistol and 33 live ammunition robbed one Inalegwu Edwin Ali of his Nissan Almera car and one mobile phone at Gosa pedestrian bridge, Airport Road, Abuja.

He said after both of them successfully robbed Ali, Echianu intentionally shot him in the head, causing his d*ath. A source told SaharaReporters during the weekend that the businessman was so dejected about his conviction that he decided to t*rminate his life inside the prison. He also blamed his d*ath on the corrupt prison system in Nigeria.