Marriage they say is a union of life time commitment with proper understanding. Violence in any way can not solve any problem but rather worsen it. A man who got really enraged after his wife denied him s*x, has shown his anger in a devastating way.Josiah Johnson, a 42-year-old man, has been remanded in prison custody. The man was remanded in prison by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ court for allegedly beating his wife to de@th. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the prosecutor, Sgt. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 3 at Erio-Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State. He said that the accused, on the said date, unlawfully caused the death of his wife, Mrs Julianah Johnson by beating her to de@th.
According to him, the husband wanted sexual intercourse with his wife, now deceased, but she declined saying she did not want to getpregnant after having seven children.He told the court that the man, infuriated by his wife’s refusal, beat her to submission and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her, allof which led to her death.Oriyomi said the offence contravened Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State. 2012.The prosecutor, however, sought an adjournment of the matter as he still needed legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The plea of the accused was not taken because of the development while his counsel, Mr Tunde Falade, did not object to the request for a short adjournment pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice.Magistrate Taiwo Ajibade consequently remanded the accused in prison custody and adjourned the case to September 12.
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