The court, on Wednesday, sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing Ijeoma Nweke, a make-up artist, on November 11, 2020.
The kidnappers requested a ransom of $3,000 and N200,000, or they would kill the boy.
All efforts made by the military personnel stationed at the scene of the incident to dismantle the roadblock proved abortive.
Some Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) students in Abia shut down the institution on Tuesday to protest the tuition fee hike.
The magistrate adjourned the case until April 2 for mention.
This followed Mr Sall’s postponement of the election scheduled for February 25, which sparked widespread protests in the country.
The lecturers said the management of BSU had refused to address the welfare concerns of the union after a series of engagements.
“No society can thrive if any group is left behind in the developmental processes of any nation,” one of the advocates said.
“We are alarmed at the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers who have been killed, attacked, injured and detained,” said the experts.
The women’s affairs secretariat at the FCTA has decried the rising cases of gender-based violence in Abuja.
