A 28-year-old Congolese man, Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering a UK-based Nigerian student, Uchenna Okirie, following a fatal stabbing at a shared accommodation in Norwich, England.
This was contained in a statement obtained from the website of Norfolk Police on Thursday, which stated that Katabana was found guilty by a jury at Norwich Crown Court on Wednesday after an 11-day trial.
PUNCH Metro had reported in November 2025 that Katabana was arraigned before Norwich Crown Court for allegedly stabbing Okirie, described as a former postgraduate student at the University of East Anglia, to death at a residential accommodation housing both students and professionals.
Our correspondent had gathered that police were called to Somerleyton House, off Unthank Road, at about 5:22am on November 22, following reports that a man had suffered a suspected stab wound.
According to the police, despite efforts by emergency responders to save him, Okirie
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