Ada Esther Johnson, popularly
known back in the 50s as Ada Ocha Ntu pictured above with her lover, Mark Hall,
whom she murdered in 1953 after she found out that he'd used the 400pounds she
loaned him for business, to go to England and marry an English bride. According
to history , Mark used part of Ada's money to buy his new bride a car which she
would use to start a transport business in the UK.
When he returned to Nigeria, Mark told Ada what he had done with the money she lent him and a very furious Ada used a pair of scissor to stab Mark repeatedly Mark eventually died from injuries sustained from the attack.
Ada was tried and convicted in 1956 and was placed on death row at Broad Street Prison in Lagos. She was however pardoned by former head of state Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe, who changed her death sentence to life imprisonment in 1961.
When he returned to Nigeria, Mark told Ada what he had done with the money she lent him and a very furious Ada used a pair of scissor to stab Mark repeatedly Mark eventually died from injuries sustained from the attack.
Ada was tried and convicted in 1956 and was placed on death row at Broad Street Prison in Lagos. She was however pardoned by former head of state Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe, who changed her death sentence to life imprisonment in 1961.
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