Promise Thompson was found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery and was sentenced to death by hanging by a Port Harcourt High Court.
On three counts of armed robbery, abduction, and child theft, as well as for shooting one Chidiebere Ogbugu and taking his five-year-old child, Thompson and his accomplice Beatrice Ogbunka were on trial.
On October 25, 2018, the incident took place at Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. Beatrice, however, escaped after the police set her free on bond.
According to the prosecution counsel’s evidence, Promise Thompson brought the baby to Abia State and sold him to a syndicate, who then sold the youngster to another syndicate, according to the ruling of the presiding judge, Justice Sika Henry-Aprioku.