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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. Continue after the cut...
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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