A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced one Ifeanyichukwu Maxwell Dike and his accomplice, Ugochukwu Nwamiro to death by hanging for the murder of an eight year old girl, Victory Chikamso. Dike, a resident of the Eliozu area of Port Harcourt, had abducted his neighbour’s daughter on Friday, August 18, 2017, raped and killed her before cutting off her vital parts. Dike was caught by a vigilante group after he stuffed the remains of the girl in a polythene bag which he attempted to dump in the bush. The convict, however, escaped from police custody and fled to Plateau State, where he was rearrested and brought back to Port Harcourt. Delivering judgement on Wednesday, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, ordered that the 26 year old 200 level student of the Department of Physics, University of Port Harcourt, should be hanged by the neck, while Nwamiro should be hanged by his legs. Justice Enebeli also sentenced a dismissed policeman, Johnbosco Okoronze, to one year imprisonment for aiding Dike to escape from police custody. After the court session, the state prosecution counsel, Chidi Eke said, “It is a landmark judgement that has brought about justice for the state and the family of the late Victory Chikamso.”