Man
Beats Pregnant Wife To Death
An FCT High Court has ordered the remand of 37-year-old man, Mathew
Ankyoor, in prison for allegedly beating his eight-month pregnant wife to
death.
The judge, Justice Peter
Affen, adjourned the case until November 16 for the hearing of bail application
filed by the defendant’s counsel, Mr. Ocheme Adama.
“Motion for bail is
hereby fixed for hearing on Nov. 16. In the interim, the defendant shall be
remanded in Kuje Prison pending the hearing and determination of the motion for
bail,” he said.
Earlier, the Prosecuting
Counsel, Mr. Donatus Abah, told the court that the defendant committed the
offence on June 5, at Lugbe village, Abuja. Abah told the court that the
defendant beat up his wife, Doosur Ankyoor, who was carrying eight months
pregnancy to death.
He said the defendant
beat her severally leading to her death and that of the unborn child. He added
that the offence contravened Sections 221, 235 and 236 of the Penal Code.
Section 235 deals with preventing the child from being born, and 236 causing
the death of an unborn child.
Ankyoor pleaded not
guilty to the charge. His counsel, Adama, had prayed the court to grant bail to
the defendant to enable him take care of the three children left behind by his
late wife.
Man Beats Pregnant Wife To Death
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