Idahosa who was arraigned on a one-count charge bothering on murder, was said to have committed the offence at about 11pm, on May 27, 2013, in Benin, the Edo stae capital.

The late Momodu when he was still alive
The state prosecutor from the department of public prosecution, M. O. Omozeghian, further told the Court that the offence was punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 48, Vol. II laws of the defunct Bendel state of Nigeria, as applicable in Edo state.
In her judgement, the presiding judge, Justice R. Irele-Ifijeh, who dismissed the allegation of murder, sentenced the accused to life imprisonment, due to the inability of the prosecution to prove its case.

At the police station allegedly taken before he was shot dead
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