Man in prison for beating pregnant wife to death

An FCT High Court in Maitama has remanded a 37-year-old man, Mathew Ankyoor, in Kuje prison for allegedly beating his pregnant wife to death. Ankyoor was arraigned before a vacation judge of the FCT High Court, Justice A.O. Ebong yesterday on a three-count charge bordering on culpable homicide punishable with death by the FCT Commissioner […]

An FCT High Court in Maitama has remanded a 37-year-old man, Mathew Ankyoor, in Kuje prison for allegedly beating his pregnant wife to death.

Ankyoor was arraigned before a vacation judge of the FCT High Court, Justice A.O. Ebong yesterday on a three-count charge bordering on culpable homicide punishable with death by the FCT Commissioner of Police.

The defendant, a resident of Lugbe Zone 5 Village, Airport Road, Abuja, was alleged to have on or about June 5 at about 8:30pm committed a criminal offence by causing the death of one Doosur Ankyoor, who was with an eight months pregnancy, by beating her up severely and throwing her face to the ground with intention of causing her death.

He was also accused of causing the death of an unborn child. He was further alleged to have committed criminal offence to wit: preventing a child from being born alive on the said date by beating up the deceased, throwing her face on the ground and caused the death before the birth of her child with the intention of preventing the child from being born alive.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge, which prompted the prosecution counsel, Donatus Abah, to ask the court for a date to commence trial. 

While adjourning the case till after the ongoing judges’ vacation, Justice Ebong ordered that the defendant be remanded at Kuje Prisons and directed his counsel to formally apply for his bail.