According to Vanguard , the court presided over by Hon. Justice Imadegbelo was also told by police prosecutor how some millions of naira and landed properties belonging to the deceased were transferred to the said pastor.
A team of state counsels also told the court that the murder of Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo was carried out by the convicts in order to cover up the pregnancy accusation by the deceased who was then asking questions about the woman’s pregnancy while he was away.
The court also heard how the pastor was told by the woman to wait on the route of her husband to work and stop him for a ride. The plan paid off as the man eventually stopped and gave the pastor a ride along Sapele road in Benin city. During the journey, the said pastor then brought out a sharp object and smashed him on his neck before opening the petrol tank where he sipped out fuel and burnt him beyond recognition.
Police autopsy later revealed the cause of death. The high court judge then sentenced the two persons to death by hanging.
The woman who was four months pregnant then later gave birth in Benin prison.
Police arrested the suspects when they discovered one of the deceased vehicles in the house of the pastor and a burnt in his arm which he was believed to have sustained in the process of setting the vehicle on fire.
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