A federal high court has sentenced, notorious serial killer, Gracious David West for killing nine women between July and September 2019.
40-year-old Gracious David-West strangled his victims in hotel rooms before binding their arms and feet with strips of white sheets.
Justice Adolphus Enebeli said he is to die by hanging.
The death penalty is not commonly carried out in Nigeria, the last three executions were in 2016.
One of his victims survived the attack, but was not a witness during the trial.
Authorities say her whereabouts are unknown despite being told not to leave the state.
The judge found him guilty of attempted murder on that charge.
Police say he also confessed to the murders of six other women elsewhere but he was not charged for those murders for lack of evidence.
Authorities say the pattern of the murders point to a serial killing by having sex with his victims before binding their arms and feet with strips of white sheets.
He also used sheets to strangle them, the court heard.
Several of his victims were sex workers.
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