COPORAL Umaru Mohammed is to die by hanging over the 2011 killing of his colleague, Clement Amaechi, a High Court sitting in Umuahia said on Monday.
Both men were officers in the Abia State police command.
Mohammed reacted to the judgment by turning belligerent in court, refusing to be handcuffed for transfer. He also warned the prison warders to stay away from him.
He was eventually subdued by armed officers in the courtroom.
The condemned former policeman also attempted to snatch a gun from one of the warders who brought him to the court, possibly with the intention of either shooting himself or others, before he was subdued by security men.
Delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Agwu Umah Kalu, said the prosecution proved unequivocally that the gunshots fired by the accused person at close range killed the deceased, adding that it is an offense punishable under section 319, cap 1 of the criminal code in the state.
Justice Kalu said the accused deserves no sympathy and ordered that he should be hanged by the neck until he is confirmed dead, stressing that it should serve as a deterrent to those who may want to embark on such senseless venture.