A 33-year-old Italian, Filippo Ferlazzo, who beat a Nigerian man, Alika Ogorchukwu, to loss of life in Italy has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment.
The court docket of Assizes of Macerata sentenced Ferlazzo, from Salerno close to Naples, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, for the aggravated voluntary homicide of the 39-year-old Nigerian road hawker, who was bodily disabled.
It might be recalled that on July 29, 2022, Ogorchukwu was assaulted in broad daylight as he was hawking on the streets of Civitanova Marche positioned within the Province of Macerata, March Area of Italy.
The convict beat Ogorchukwu to loss of life utilizing the crutches that the deceased used to stroll, then straddled him, crushing his neck and head.
This occurred in entrance of a number of onlookers who didn’t intervene. Among the onlookers, nevertheless, recorded movies of the assault utilizing their telephones.
On July 30, 2022, Filippo Ferlazzo, was arrested on homicide prices.
The Italian Police said that they consider Ferlazzo attacked Ogorchukwu after he had requested Ferlazzo’s girlfriend to purchase a handkerchief.
Two protest marches had been held in a city on Italy’s Adriatic coast just a few days later to demand justice for the Nigerian whose loss of life attracted world headlines.
In the meantime, the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Fee (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has expressed satisfaction over the justice meted out on Filippo Ferlazzo.
“I’m glad that this case lastly acquired justice. Like I all the time say, there must be penalties for actions,” she mentioned in a press release issued by NiDCOM spokesperson, Gabriel Odu on Thursday, September 28.
Dabiri-Erewa counseled the Nigerian Mission in Rome, for following via with the case and different circumstances involving Nigerians.
NiDCOM Boss urged Nigerians within the Diaspora to stay law-abiding, excel in what they do and always remember house by giving again to their homeland.
