A man has been nabbed and is being made to pay for his unbelievably criminal action after he was thought to have stoned a woman to death.
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A 51-year-old man, Preston Ogilo, has been remanded in prison by an Ota Magistrate’s Court in Ogun, on Wednesday, for allegedly stoning one Lynda to death.
NAN reports that Ogilo of no fixed address is facing a charge of murder.
The Senior Magistrate, Mrs A. F. Ojelade, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Ojelade adjourned the case until Dec.1 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Rosemary Samson, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Sept. 11 at about 2.30 p.m., in front of Winners Chapel Church, along Idiroko Road, Ota.
Samson said that the accused unlawfully killed one Lynda by stoning her to death.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.