before an Abeokuta magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo for
allegedly shooting dead one Obasi John while pursuing an
antelope in the bush.
The prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Ozimini, told the court
that Joel committed the m****r on March 28, in a farm at
Orile-Ilugun, Abeokuta while on hunting expedition.
He said that the offence was contrary to section 316(1) of the
criminal code laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.
But the accused denied that he deliberately killed the man,
saying he went to his farm to hunt as usual on the fateful day
when he saw an antelope and shot towards the direction of the
animal, but surprisingly, he heard the groan of a human being.
According to him, I went to the police station to report the
matter and I later took the man to hospital for treatment but
he died the following day.
“I did not shoot him intentionally, I was running after an
antelope not a human being,” he said.
The magistrate, Emmanuel Adekunte, who did not take the plea
of the accused due to the nature of the charge, remanded the
accused in prison custody and adjourned the case till July 11,
2014, pending the advice of the Director Public Prosecution,
DPP
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