A 30-year-old mother, Yidiat Bakare,
has been sentenced to five years in prison by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for
throwing her three-month-old baby into a river in Ifon-Osun community, Osun
State.
Yidiat was said to have thrown the
baby into the river to express her grievance following a disagreement with her
husband, Amodu Bakare.
According to the charge sheet
obtained on Friday by our correspondent, the offence was committed on January
10, 2013 at about 4pm.
The woman, who pleaded guilty to the
offence when the charge was read to her, urged the court to temper justice with
mercy.
Police prosecutor, Mr. Oladoye
Joshua, said her behaviour resulted in the death of the baby, stressing that
the offence was punishable under Section 325 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34,
Volume II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2003.
Yidiat’s lawyer, Mr. Jimoh Daramola,
urged the court to be lenient in its judgement, describing the incident as a
personal tragedy to the mother.
After listening to the positions of
the prosecution and defence counsel, Magistrate Olusola Aluko found Yidiat
guilty.
The magistrate described the crime as
unacceptable and heinous.
Aluko said, “People should exhibit
restraint during disputes. It is always good to seek amicable resolution of
conflicts at all times.
“The baby sent to the grave does not
know whether the parents were quarrelling or not. This crime is unacceptable
and heinous.”
He thus sentenced Yidiat to
five years in prison with hard labour without an option of fine.
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That is how d law should take its due course.witch, she sacrifice that baby to her gods.they should give her hardest labour
ReplyDeleteThe Judge was very lenient wt d fool, she deserved a longer term
ReplyDeleteShe deserve more dan 5yrs, pls chief judge if u can gv her a single room wtout food 4 9yrs nd six months I wuld be glad, she dnt deserve 2 be a mother @ all.
ReplyDeleteYes she's not a mother , a devil incarnate . Kamzy
DeleteHey dear judge u were jz too lenient wt d jail term. 5yrs is too small. Wish she ws put away to rot in jail for d rest of her miserable life. She is a dsgrace to womenfolk n motherhood. Wht calousness cld lead her to drown a baby she carried fr 9mnths n went tru labour to have jz coz of some stupid msunderstndings wt whoeva impregnated her? Haba!!
ReplyDeleteDat is not aceptable be4 god and man ,so there4 she shud be punished or even hung to die.dat woman is evil And is capable of even kilin de husband
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