An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s
Court has ordered the remand of 42-year-old Josiah Johnson in prisons custody
for allegedly beating his wife to death for denying him sex.
He said that the accused, on
the said date, unlawfully caused the death of his wife, Mrs Julianah Johnson,
by beating her to death.
According to him, the
husband wanted sex with his wife, now deceased, but she declined, saying she
did not want to get pregnant after having seven children.
He told the court that the
man, infuriated by his wife’s refusal, beat her to submission and forcefully
had sexual intercourse with her, all of which led to her death.
Oriyomi said the offence
contravened Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State,
2012.
The prosecutor, however,
sought an adjournment of the matter as he still needed legal advice from the
office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.
The plea of the accused was
not taken because of the development while his counsel, Mr. Tunde Falade, did
not object to the request for a short adjournment, pending outcome of the DPP’s
advice.
Magistrate Taiwo Ajibade
consequently remanded the accused in prison custody and adjourned the case to
September 12.
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