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Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by TheHerald: 8:35pm On Jun 08, 2017
Nigerian Businessman, Ezeoma Chigozie Obioha will be getting life imprisonment after killing a lady he owed a thousand dollars.

The tragedy started with a crush and a business deal with Mr Obioha having a crush on his victim, named Carrie Melvin, 30, who had done social media work for his business in 2015.

But she turned him down and eventually notified state officials that he owed her more than $1,000 for work she had done to promote his company, prosecutors said.

Weeks later, Carrie was killed by a man who fired a shotgun blast at her face as she walked with her boyfriend to a Thai restaurant in Hollywood.

A shotgun on the beach and a bounced check are key clues to the murder, prosecutor says.

The morning after the killing, a boy playing on the beach in Malibu found Obioha’s Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun under a rock.

Lying nearby was an unusual shotgun shell, identical to an expended shell found at the crime scene: a white Rio Royal Grand 12-gauge, 00 buck shell with the head stamp “globalshot.com,” prosecutors said.

On Monday, Obioha, who was convicted last year of first-degree murder, sat showing no emotion.

Jurors deliberated about a day before convicting Obioha and finding true the special-circumstance allegation that he committed the murder for financial gain.

However, Obioha’s defense attorneys had argued that the shotgun shells, as well as the gun, were planted.

They also claimed that a blast from a Rio Royal shell would have caused more wounds to the victim’s face, they argued.

In phone calls from jail, Obioha gave his family different explanations about what happened to his gun.

First, he said that it had been stolen. Then, that Melvin’s boyfriend had taken it to set him up.

Lastly, he said it had been planted by an ocean photographer who wanted his Instagram and Facebook accounts featured on the news, the prosecutor said.

In court, the victim’s father said that after sitting through the trial and hearing the evidence, he’s convinced that Obioha was the person who killed his daughter. He urged Obioha to accept the sentence.

Read more at http://www.herald.ng/nigerian-businessman-gets-life-imprisonment-murder-lady-owing-1k/#lu0V6vZZKUh2Blui.99

Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by Nobody: 8:46pm On Jun 08, 2017
See the shape of the head. This shows that igbos can do anything for money no matter how small. because of $1k he'll be spending the rest of his miserable life in prison. Rubbish developer

Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by GloriaNinja(f): 8:47pm On Jun 08, 2017
embarassed SEE HIS COCONUT HEAD.
Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by delishpot: 8:47pm On Jun 08, 2017
So, he killed before and they released him to go kill again ba?
Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by temitope277(m): 8:53pm On Jun 08, 2017
y dis people again, see head lyk that of mancity kompany
Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by Nobody: 8:54pm On Jun 08, 2017
delishpot:
So, he killed before and they released him to go kill again ba?
did you read the post at all?
Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by delishpot: 9:02pm On Jun 08, 2017
lofty900:
did you read the post at all?

I don read am again. Thank you for ya question. I get the gist now.
Re: Nigerian Businessman Gets Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Lady He Was Owing $1K by Nobody: 9:13pm On Jun 08, 2017
delishpot:


I don read am again. Thank you for ya question. I get the gist now.
you're welcome

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