A 26 year old house help who allegedly attacked his former boss, a retired Nigeria's Ogun State Chief Magistrate with a machete, leading to her gruesome death on March the 28th, 2014 has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The culprit, David Uche Ndah last year attacked and killed a 65 years old Funmilayo Timehin at her Laderin Estate Residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.
David, an Igede indigene from Benue State, was a former house help of late madam Timehin but was sacked based on allegation of stealing of mobile phones and gold chains.
The prosecutor had earlier in one of the proceedings stated that the accused person committed the offence which is "contrary to Section 316
of the criminal code and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law of Ogun state of Nigeria 2006."
And the accused also pleaded guilty to the offence as charged
Delivering the judgement, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the Abeokuta high court noted that the accused is guilty as charged and sentenced him to death by hanging.
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