Murder Suspect Slumps, Dies In Bayelsa Court While Awaiting Judgment

A 50-year-old murder suspect, Bethlehem Nwanlia, on Monday slumped and died at the Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa while awaiting judgment in a case involving conspiracy, kidnapping and multiple murders.
Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Adewale,
The incident happened at the Justice Amadise Michael Ekadi, Court Eleven.
Nwanlia and two other suspects, 32-year-old Gideon Atama and Clever Ovo, were arrested by police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder, now known as the Violent Crime Response Unit, led by CSP Chris Nwaogbo.
The suspects were arrested in connection with the 2022 murders of Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, an in-law to Governor Douye Diri, the Paramount Ruler ...