Killer of Enugu make-up artist Ijeoma Nweke sentenced to death

An Enugu State High Court convicted Chiamaka Ifezue for the death of Ijeoma Nweke, an Enugu-based make-up artist.

On Wednesday, Justice Kenneth Okpe sentenced Ifezue to death by hanging.

The prosecution established that Ifezue murdered Nweke by forcing her to consume a deadly chemical.

The corpse of the make-up artist was found in Maryland within Enugu metropolis on Monday, November 16, 2020.

Nweke left home on Wednesday, November 11 for a job but went missing afterwards.

Her supposed client, having refused to disclose the location of the job, asked the deceased to stop at the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Bus Stop, where she would then be taken to the venue.

Suspecting that something was wrong, Nweke sent the client’s phone number to her brother via SMS.

Her phones were unreachable after hours leading to suspicion that she might have been kidnapped.

This led to a frantic search for her by friends and relatives until her corpse was found in the Maryland area of the state.

Justice Okpe said every piece of evidence pointed to the fact that the convict, lured the deceased to her house where she poisoned the deceased and evacuated her body out of her house.