Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, has sentenced Okwumo Nwabufo, 39 and Olisaeloka Ezike, 28, to death for their roles in the 2012 murder of Cynthia Osukogu, who Nwabufo dated on Facebook.

They court found them guilty of chaining, drugging and strangling the deceased to death at Cosmilla Hotel, FESTAC Town, Lagos, on July 22, 2012.

The other defendants Orji Osita and Ezike Nonso were discharged and acquitted.