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A 31-year-old
businesswoman, Nneka Nwachukwu of Dape Village, Abuja, told a Wuse Zone 2 High
Court that she poured acid on Peter Nwogu, because he raped her.
Nwachukwu, led
in evidence by her counsel, Moneka Azubike, told the court yesterday that
Nwogu, the defendant, came to her house and forced her to sleep with him.
The
defendant was first arraigned on April 11, 2014 by the police for the offence
of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code.
She said that
on December 1, 2013, she went to her town meeting at Wuse and came back around
10 p.m. She said: “When I came back, I warmed my food which I came back with,
then I went to see my landlord, Ikechukwu Obi, to pay my house rent.
“I came
back to my room and saw Peter Nwogu, who is my church member in my room. He
told me that he travelled but could not reach home because it was late.
“I
welcomed him as a church member and he then asked me if I have food.
I gave him
the food I warmed and I went to take my bath.” The defendant said when she came
back from the bathroom, she saw the deceased with only his boxer and he made
love advances to her. She said: “I tried to stop him, but he didn’t. We argued
and in the process he forced me to sleep with him. I was shouting, but nobody
heard me. “I bit him and he bit me too.
He was so strong that I had to pour
acid on him. That was in my room. I then ran out to my landlord’s room.’’ She
added that she explained to her landlord what had happened and he followed her
to her room and saw the deceased, who asked for help. She continued: “The
deceased asked my landlord to give him water.
My landlord took his clothes from
my room and gave him and I went to church to tell my parish priest what
happened. “I did not know that the acid I poured on him will lead to his death.
I kept the acid in my room because I had been a victim of rape and there have
been complaints of break-ins in my area. “On December 2, I went to Life Camp
Police Station, Abuja, to report the matter but I was told that the matter has
been reported as the deceased was already dead.” The prosecuting counsel,
Patrick Ogele, cross-examined the defendant and Justice Mamman Kolo adjourned
the matter till July 1 for continuation of defence.
should this lady be persecuted for this offense?
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