Ololade Adeyanju/
A Magistrate’s Court in Oyo State has fixed Valentine Day to decide the fate of a pastor who allegedly sliced off his wife’s breast.
Sixty-one-year-old Pastor Adejare Adebayo has been remanded in Agodi Prison Custody in Ibadan for allegedly cutting off his wife’s left breast with a kitchen knife at midnight.
Adebayo allegedly told family members that he helped the wife cut the other affected breast because she had earlier suffered cancer in her right breast.
He was arraigned before Chief Magistrate F. Richard of Ibadan Magistrates’ Court on Monday for one-count charge, which he pleaded not guilty.
The deceased, Mrs Risikayat Adegbule, 43, was said to have died few days later as a result of the excruciating pain suffered after losing one of the breasts.
The defendant was the pastor in charge of Glory Triumphant Chapel, Tose Area, Moniya, in Ibadan.
The Prosecutor, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, had told the court that Adebayo had on December 24, 2016, at 12 a.m at Onikankan village in Ibadan unlawfully caused the death of Rukayat Adegbule by cutting her breast.
Ogunremi stated that the defendant committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Vol. 11 Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap IX Vol. 11 of the Laws of Oyo State.
The Chief Magistrate ordered that the accused be remanded in Agodi Prison and adjourned further hearing to February 14.
Adebayo had allegedly taken the deceased wife to an unknown place for weeks before he resurfaced with the news of her death.
“Further investigation revealed that the family members of the deceased had been looking for her only to be called later by the husband informing them of her death.”
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