31-yr-old sent to prison for beating wife to death over sex

31-year-old Godspower Johnson has been ordered remanded in prison by an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court for beating his wife to death during a fight over sex.

The presiding Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji, ordered on Friday that Godspower should be kept at the Ikoyi Prison, for the next 30 days pending when the case file would be sent to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

The prosecutor, Inspector Oladele Adebayo, told the court that the Johnson committed the offence on March 21, 2019 at 5.30pm on Adekoye Street, Igbo-Elerin, Ishashi, where the couple lived.

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According to Inspector Adebayo, Johnson beat his wife, Deborah, aged 31, to death during a fight.

“The defendant wanted to make love to his wife. He inserted his two fingers into her private parts which didn’t go down well with the deceased. A fight ensued in the process and the defendant beat up his wife,” Adebayo said, adding that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

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