{"id":283087,"date":"2020-11-18T17:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=283087"},"modified":"2020-11-18T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:00:37","slug":"man-to-die-by-hanging-for-killing-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=283087","title":{"rendered":"Man to die by hanging for killing lover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"84.102308172177\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1208461 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=58%2C36&amp;ssl=1 58w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=260%2C161&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=200%2C124&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=160%2C100&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=560%2C346&amp;ssl=1 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hang-rope.jpg?resize=600%2C371&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"ebe8d986-68a8-49d2-bf8f-c54b41bd6172\"><\/p>\n<p>An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old mechanic, Musiliu Owolabi, to death by hanging for killing his lover, Miss Afusat Idowu.<br \/>\nThe Chief Judge of Ogun, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, convicted Owolabi on a count charge of murder.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>She held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Owolabi was guilty as charged.<\/p>\n<p>Dipeolu noted  that murder contravened the provisions of Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, prosecution counsel, Mr James Mafe,  said that the convict committed the offence on Feb. 1, 2018, at Camp area of Abeokuta.<\/p>\n<p>Mafe said that the convict took Afusat to a hotel for pleasure, adding that  shortly after,  she complained of stomach aches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe convict took her to his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn his way, he noticed she was dead and he secretly took the deceased to an uncompleted building, dug a shallow grave and buried her without disclosing to anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe convict was arrested when a younger brother of the deceased went to a police station to complain that his sister, who told him she was going for a naming ceremony at Bode Olude area, never returned,\u201d the counsel submitted.<\/p>\n<p>He said that during  an investigation,  the police discovered that the convict was the last person who spoke with the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn his arrest, he made a confessional statement to the police and took a police team where he buried his lover,\u201d Mafe added.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that the convict was arraigned on Nov. 12, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He had pleaded not guilty. 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