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Man Bags 4 Years Jail Term For Killing Wife
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Man Bags 4 Years Jail Term For Killing Wife
By Aisha Musa, Abuja.
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo yesterday sentenced Ayedun Makanjuola to four years imprisonment for running over and killing his wife, Adenike.
The Commissioner of Police charged Makanjuola with culpable homicide.
Justice Angela Otaluka held that the deceased’s act was provocative when she threw her husband’s food, and when she threw a stone at the rear windscreen of his car while he tried to drive out.
Justice Otaluka said she did not consider Makanjuola reversing his car as a retaliation but as a loss of control of his feelings.
“It was not a deliberate action but sudden, the prosecution has failed to prove the intent of the defendant but has proven the offence of culpable homicide. I find the defendant guilty of culpable homicide not punishable with death and convict him,” she said.
The defence counsel, Kolade Adeboyega, told the court that the defendant is a responsible man and was planning a trip to bring their two children home with the deceased before the incident.
