Housewife jailed10 years for torturing14-

Housewife jailed10 years for torturing14-
year-old housekeeper to death
on october 29, 2013 at 3:36 am in news
BY onozure dania
LAGSO— An Ikeja High Court, yesterday, sentenced
a 27-year-old woman, Chiamaka Nnajiofor, to 10
years imprisonment for her culpability in the death
of her housekeeper, Oliver Arakwe.
Justice Lateefat Okunnu convicted Nnajiofor for
manslaughter instead of the charge of murder
preferred against her. The sentence is to
commence from September 22, 2011, when she
was first arraigned.
Nnajiofor and her husband, Elochukwu, 41, were
charged to court by the Lagos State Director of
Public Prosecution, DPP, for murder.
According to the DPP, the couple tortured 14-year-
old Arakwe to death on August 17, 2010 at 81, Femi
Tella Street, Ago Palace, Okota, a Lagos suburb.
The couple had pleaded not guilty to the charge of
murder.
Okunnu ruled: “There is nothing to show that he was
part of the flogging his wife instigated that day, and
available evidence indicated that he was not in the
apartment when it happened.
“The prosecution also failed to prove the charge of
murder against Chiamaka beyond reasonable
doubts.
“Oliver was a severely malnourished boy and the
beating of the boy with a belt would have had a
lesser effect on a normal 14-year-old.
“It is on this basis that I find Chiamaka, the first
defendant, not guilty of murder. I find her guilty of
manslaughter. The second defendant, Elochukwu, is
discharged and acquitted.”