An electrician,
Abdulkadiri Issa, was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court in
Ikeja for the murder of Mrs. Catherine Kate-Amadi in Ebute-Meta, Lagos in
October 2006.
According to The Punch, 31-year-old
Issa was found guilty of stabbing Kate-Amadi to death with a kitchen knife in
her residence, where he had been invited to repair electrical faults.
Issa was said to
have locked himself up with the corpse of the deceased in the house where
policemen said they found him hiding in the toilet.
Justice Iyabo
Kasali, relying on circumstantial evidence adduced by the prosecution, said
Issa was guilty of the murder.
She said, “There
are contradictions in the evidence of the defendant along with Exhibit P4 which
is the statement of the defendant.
“The evidence of
PW1, PW2 and PW3 is credible, irresistible and I find that the defendant killed
the deceased.
“The prosecution
proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The defendant is hereby sentenced to
death by hanging.”
The defence counsel, Mr. Yemi Omodele, had urged the court to discharge and acquit his client, on the basis that the case of the prosecution, led by A.O Bajulaye, was only based on suspicion.
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