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On Thursday, Ishaq Bello, a judge of a federal high court in Abuja, sentenced two policemen to death over the killings of six traders in Apo district, Abuja, on June 7, 2005.

Five officers – Danjuma Ibrahim, Othman Abdulsalami, Nicholas Zakaria, Ezekiel Acheneje, Baba Emmanuel and Sadiq Salami – were arraigned on a nine-count charge of conspiracy and culpable homicide.

But Ezekiel Acheneje and Baba Emmanuel were convicted, while the remaining three were discharged.

Below are the pictures of the officers in court:

Emmanuel Baba, one of the convicted officers

The officers in court

Ezekiel Acheneche, another convict

Prison officials leading away one of the convicts after the judgement