Farmer kills man for allegedly raping his wife

A farmer in Isheyin Local Government Area of Oyo State has shot dead a herdsman for allegedly raping his (farmer) wife on his farm at Sawo Village, near Oyo

Spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Olabisi Ilobanofor, confirmed the incident on Thursday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

She said that the incident occurred on Aug. 24

She said that the Divisional Police Headquarters in Iseyin, led by the DPO, rushed to the scene to forestall breakdown of law and order in the area.

``Information available to the command is that the farmer and his wife were working in separate portions of their farm when his wife shouted for help.

``When he got there, he met the herdsman raping his wife and shot him from close range with a locally made gun,“ she said.

Ilobanofor said that the suspect and his wife had been detained at the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Iyagangu, Ibadan.

She said that the duo would be charged to court as soon investigation was concluded.

While urging residents of the area to remain calm, the PPRO assured that the police would conduct thorough investigation into the matter.



Information from NAN was used in this report.

43-year-old woman bags prison term for drug trafficking

 A 43-year-old drug peddler, Mutiyat Rasak, was on Thursday sentenced to seven months imprisonment for trafficking in Cannabis Sativa by a Federal High Court in Ibadan. She was arraigned on a one-count charge of dealing in Cannabis.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Prosecutor, Bridget Viashimah, said that Rasak committed the crime on Nov.13, 2007, at about 12.30 p.m., at Ikoyi-ile in the Ogbomoso area of Oyo State. The offence contravened Section 11 of the NDELA Act of the Federal Laws of Nigeria.

According to her, the defendant had jumped bail when she was first arraigned in 2007 and was re-arrested in March 2013.

“Rasak was caught with 600 grammes of Cannabis Sativa also known as marijuana and even feigned to be suffering from memory loss when she was being interrogated,”.

The defendant who pleaded guilty prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.

Justice Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo sentenced her to seven months imprisonment with hard labour without any option of fine. The sentence starts from March when she was arrested.