A High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 200 level student of Physics department, University of Port Harcourt, Ifeanyi Dike and his cousin Ugochukwu Nwamiro, to death by hanging over the 2017 murder of 8-year-old Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba.

Dikeh and Ugochukwu were found guilty of murdering and mutilating their victim in a vicious manner.

According to High Court Judge’s ruling, one is to be hung on his neck until he dies while the other is to be hung on the leg till he dies as well.

In 2017, Dikeh, who was as of then 23 years old, was arrested with a sack containing Chikamso’s remains following a tip-off.

Dike and Ugochukwu removed the dead girl’s eyes, vagina, finger and tongue, after first defiling and murdering her.

Few days after his arrested, he was able to escape with the aid of the police officer on duty, Sgt Johnbosco Okoronze.

The officer allegedly failed to handcuff him after he had finished writing his statement.

However, within a few weeks, he was rearrested in Jos, Plateau state and taken back to Port Harcourt for trial.

The judge also sentenced Sergeant Okoronze to one-year imprisonment for helping the suspect escape from Police Custody.