A hunter who shot and killed his friend during a hunting outing in Ekiti State, is being made to pay for his act.
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The Hunter, Emmanuel Lamidi, 38, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate court for allegedly shooting his friend, Benjamin Patrick, during hunting .
The police prosecutor, Sgt.Ikebuilo Monica, told the court that the accused committed the offence about 23:00hrs on May 8 at Awelewa farm, Ilawe-Ekiti.
He accused the defendant of shooting the deceased with a Dane gun in the chest when they went hunting together in the forest.
According to her, the accused committed an offence that contravenes Section 325 of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State,2012.
She stated that she had forwarded his case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution, (DPP) for legal advice.
The plea of the accused was not taken but he said that he mistakenly killed him, saying that he thought he killed an animal and not his friend.