Thursday, 8 February 2018

Judge don sentence 30-year-old woman wey kill her husband for Bayelsa to death by hanging

Justice Nayai Aganaba of a Bayelsa High Court don sentence 30 year old Victoria Gagariga, to death by hanging say she kill her husband, Henry Gagariga, on February 4th 2015, for their house along Ebisam Road in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Delivering judgement for the case wey don linger for three years, Justice Aganaba say the prosecution call six witnesses and produce seven exhibits while the defence only get one witness wey happen to be the accuse.

The judge say all the evidence provided by the prosecution team indicate say the suspect dey indeed guilty. 

''It is unfortunate that I can only pronounce the sentence prescribed by law. I wish I had the discretion to do otherwise. However, that discretion rests with the executive governor of Bayelsa State. I am only left with the compulsion to pronounce the sentence prescribed by law. I hope that person the discretion would look at the circumstance of this case and do the needful. I hereby pronounce my sentence. My sentence upon you is that you shall hang on the neck until you die. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.”

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