A middle-aged man, Tope Adegbehingbe, has explained why he killed his
86-year-old neighbour, Mrs Janet Oyeniyi, at Ajebambo village near
Oniparaga in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Adegbehingbe,
who was arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday,
said he murdered the octogenarian because he saw her in his dream trying
to kill him.
Although Adegbehingbe’s plea was not taken as the
court has no jurisdiction to entertain murder trial, the accused,
however, said he took the measure because the woman was a witch.
The
accused said he attacked the woman with machete in early hours of that
fateful day.
In his confessional statement made available to
reporters at Oke-Eda Magistrates’ Court in Akure, yesterday,
Adegbehingbe confessed that he was guilty of the murder charge brought
against him.
According to the prosecution counsel, the accused
was alleged to have on 23rd of October, 2015 at Ajebambo camp via
Oniparaga, Araromi Obu in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state,
killed one Mrs Janet Oyeniyi with machete.
The police also told the court that Adegbehingbe murdered the 86-year-old woman with machete until she gave up the ghost.
The
offence, the prosecution counsel said, was contrary to and punishable
under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State
of Nigeria.
Adegbehingbe said he personally killed the woman because he saw the deceased in his dream trying to kill him. He said:
“The woman happened to be my neighbour. I killed her because I saw her in my dream trying to kill me. So
immediately I woke up the following morning, I went straight to her
house to kill her because I thought that was the best thing to do before
she would kill me.”