An Ota Magistrate’s Court in Ogun, on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 remanded a 51-year-old man, Preston Ogilo, in prison for allegedly stoning one Lynda to death.
Ogilo of no fixed address is facing a charge of murder.
The senior magistrate, Mrs A. F. Ojelade, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Ojelade adjourned the case until Dec.1 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Rosemary Samson, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Sept. 11 at about 2.30 p.m., in front of Winners Chapel Church, along Idiroko Road, Ota.
Samson said that the accused unlawfully killed one Lynda by stoning her to death.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
There has been a marked increase in reporting on violent crimes against women and children in Nigeria in recent times.
In April 2015, a 50-year-old man has allegedly battered his wife to death in Umuagbadagwo, Ikwuano Obodoukwu, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State because she refused to have sex with him.
The deceased, Mrs Emilia Ebedo, refused to give in to her husband’s demand for sexual pleasure for fear of contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases following his adulterous lifestyle.
It was learnt that the man inflicted serious injuries on his wife and took her to a hospital thereafter where she incidentally passed away.
The warring couple’s neighbors told investigators how the duo fought through their union of 6 years due to infidelity allegations on the part of the man.
According to reports, the victim was also aggrieved at the rate with which she gave her husband money, which he usually spent on other women.
