Ondo court remands man who allegedly hacked wife to death
by Adenle Ahmed Abiola · The Eagle OnlineA Chief Magistrate court in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has ordered that a man named Sunday Emmanuel, who allegedly macheted his wife, Linda to death, be remanded at Correctional Facility.
It was learnt that the police arraigned Emmanuel on two counts bordering on murder and attempted murder.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Josephine Awanna said Emmanuel killed his 30-year-old wife, Linda Emmanuel, by macheting her on the neck and cheek.
According to Awanna, the defendant committed the offence on October 7, at 5:30 pm, at Ogbeni Camp Ofosu in the Idanre Local Government area of Ondo State.
She said that Emmanuel, after killing his wife, also attempted to kill his 3-year-old son, Sunday, by macheting him on the head. And in the process, the boy sustained a life-threatening injury.
According to the police prosecutor, the incident happened when the defendant and the deceased had a dispute on what to do with their annual wages.
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“The argument got heated up and the man entered the room, took a machete and allegedly cut his wife to death,” she added.
The charge read in part: ”That you, Sunday Emmanuel, m, on October 7, 2004, at about 5:30 at Ogbeni Camp via Ofosu, in the Ondo Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Linda Emmanuel, 35, by macheting her on the neck and cheek and hereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable Section 319 (1) of the
“That you, Sunday Emmanuel, on the same date, time and place, unlawfully attempted with the intention to kill your son, aged 3, by macheting him on the head.”
The offences, according to the charge, contravene Sections 319(1) and 320(1) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
Awanna prayed the court to remand the defendant to the correctional facility pending advice from the DPP
The trial Chief Magistrate, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, thereafter, ordered him to be remanded at the Correctional facility in Ondo town, pending advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions, DPP, in the Ondo State Ministry of Justice.
Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi further adjourned the case till February 2, 2025, for mention.
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