Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, on Monday sentenced one Lucky Esonahae to five years imprisonment for setting his pregnant lover ablaze.

The 37-year-old bar operator was arraigned on a count of causing bodily harm.

The charge read, “That you, Lucky Esonahae, on July 6, 2015, at Uwelu Quartres, Benin, in Egor Magisterial District, did unlawfully cause grievous harm to one Stella Isaac, by setting her on fire with kerosene, which cause her bodily harm and, thereby, committed an offence punishable under Section 355(B) of the Criminal Code Cap 48, Vol. II, Laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable to Edo State.”

The prosecuting officer, Sergeant Ganiyu Yahya, told the court that the incident occurred at Uwelu Quartres in Benin, and was reported by the victim, Stella Isaac, on July 6, the same day it occurred.

Yahya said Esonahae had poured kerosene on the head of the woman, who was said to be seven months pregnant, lit a match and set her on fire.

‎He said the victim was later rescued by one of her sons and one of her neighbours, who forced the door of her room open, as she had been locked in.

He said the victim, who was later rushed to the Central Hospital where she received treatment, however, sustained burns on her hands and forehead.

The police prosecutor‎ also told the court that Esonahae had earlier accused the pregnant woman of infidelity for allegedly returning at about 6pm from her antenatal and had threatened to kill her before she ran to her sister’s residence.

The accused, however, pleaded guilty to the offence and begged for leniency.

But the presiding magistrate, Igho Braimoh, ‎said the court would not be lenient, adding that “for a 37-year-old man to set a lover on fire leaves much to be desired.”



She, therefore, sentenced him to five years imprisonment with hard labour.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/man-jailed-five-years-for-setting-pregnant-lover-ablaze/

Oh my....Edo state again?

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

na wa oh...this is what we get to see everyday...saddening

Lord have Mercy!!!

I pray the baby is in good condition and she does not loose the baby.
Wonder what she would tell the child about the father.

Wish her a quick recovery.

Beast

EDOcation

Edo Again...

ladyF:
Oh my....Edo state again?

Again ?

Just 5years..? Haba nau, E too small.

peace is ideal, history is violent.

why is the world like this?

Impale him ;O

The heart of man is desperately wicked...who can know it??

WIcked world. May God v mercy.

Please i have a question, is a year of jail sentence 6months.

Oloshi

Jesus

This is wrong

Edo what is it oooooo.

...for real?& im stil de alive?

Edo again?

SmH,infact he should be more than jailed,he is a beast in human form,he he could do this to a pregnant woman,how much more if she was not pregnant...this is inhumane...

ladyF:
Oh my....Edo state again?

How is Italy

The idiot should be skinned alive and fire set on him too so that he will feel the same pain she is feeling

SOUTHERNERS and wickedness are like 5 and 6....if not for insurgency in the NORTH you hardly hear of such terrible things from the NORTH.

shegsrules:
Please i have a question, is a year of jail sentence 6months.

u wan go jail? u calculating ur possible term in office...sorry jail?

Dis is wat happens wen u jst finish smokin KASALA WEED

Sotay we all don get shock absorbers for bad news...........the world; a crazy place

Where bros wey dey suffer from numeric diarrhoea? Osho baba please call your subjects to order!