A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan to
death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chika Egbo on November 20th
2012. Sulaiman had met the deceased at Signal hotel Ijeshatedo where
she was reportedly serving as a prostitute.
He fell in love and decided to marry her only if she promised never to
go back to prostitution again. She made the promise and then they got
married. Sulaiman bought her a fairly used car and even paid her tuition
while she was at the Enugu College of Education.
He later discovered that his wife had reneged on her promise and had gone back to prostitution.
In anger, he bought acid from a battery charge at Ikotun in Lagos and
invited over to his mother's house where he poured it on her.
He was arrested and the case was taken up by the the Lagos State
Government through the state Ministry of Justice. The victim was rushed
to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for emergency medical
treatment where she eventually died.
Delivering judgement in the case yesterday, the trial judge, Justice
Lawal Akapo, convicted Sulaiman for the murder of his wife and sentenced
him to death accordingly.
According to Justice Akapo, the murder of Chika Egbo by Sulaiman was
premeditated.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem,
who was the lead prosecuting counsel, thanked the Court for a
well-considered punishment which would help push the state's campaign
against domestic violence.
“Today’s judgment is a victory in our fight against domestic violence and a victory for domestic violence victims”he said
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