Man Butchered Own Wife, Says He Thought He Was Killing A Goat
Man Butchered Own Wife, Says He Thought He Was Killing A Goat A 63-year-old man, Oluwatubosun Dahunsi, told Magistrates’ Court sitting in Owo, Ondo State, that he hacked his wife, Funmilayo Dahunsi, to death thinking he was killing a goat. He said Funmilayo (38) cried for help “but at that point, her cry sounded like that of a goat”. Oluwatubosun allegedly used a machete to hack Funmilayo to death on October 5, 2019 in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Area of Ondo State. The charge sheet reads: “That you, Dahunsi Oluwatubosun, ‘m’ on October 5, 2019, about 6.30a.m., at Ita-Ipele Camp via Owo in the Ondo Magisterial District, unlawfully (attacked with a machete) your wife, Funmilayo Dahunsi ‘f’ on her two hands, head, stomach, neck and her jaw with to death and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.” The defendant, who is facing a one-count charge of murder, p...