A
Makurdi High Court Judge, Justice Jennifer Ijohor, on Thursday,
sentenced a housewife, Mrs Ternenge Tersoo, to death by hanging for the
murder of her one year-old step son, Pineter Tersoo.
Mrs
Tersoo of Mbayegh-Gaav in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue was
found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section
221 of the Penal Code.
The convict’s husband,
Mr Iorchir Tersoo, reported the matter to the police on May 28, 2012
that his first wife had killed his son.
Tersoo said he had been
married to the convict for seven years without a child, which made him
to marry a second wife, Torkwase Tersoo, who gave birth to the deceased
within one year.
The complainant said that his first wife had
complained bitterly that the little boy and his mother had taken over
the affairs of the house and that the husband gave more attention to the
second wife.
According to him, the convict collected the child from his nanny and strangled him to death.
During
trial, however, the convict pleaded not guilty to the charge against
her and testified in her own defence without calling any witness.
However,
the prosecution called two witnesses, including the Investigating
Police Officer (IPO), Cpl Solomon Mnyim, who tendered a medical report
of the autopsy carried out on the deceased at the General Hospital,
Vandeikya.
Delivering judgment, Ijohor said that prosecution had
proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt to warrant the conviction
of the accused.
The judge said the autopsy report showed that the boy was actually strangulated to death.
She
condemned the situation where a woman would take the life of another
person’s child and advised that a woman married into polygamous home and
had no child should pray to God for the gift rather than harbouring
evil.
Credit: Vanguard
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