Na wah! Court for Kuala Lumpur don sentence one Nigerian man wey be Ibekwe Emeka Augustine to death after him commit big wahala wey no be small. Dis man, wey dey 48 years old and no get job, bin throw him four-year-old step-grandson from third floor wey dey Setapak apartment, and e happen six years ago.
Today, Judge K. Muniandy no carry matter play as him announce di judgment. Dem find Ibekwe guilty under Section 302 of di Penal Code wey fit carry death penalty. Dis wahala happen between 7.45am and 8.15am for November 29, 2020. Na so e be, Ibekwe no just stop there. Dem come find am guilty for four other charges wey involve attempted murder of him biological son, serious injury to him wife, attempted suicide, and sexual assault on him stepdaughter. Na serious matter be dis o!
For di additional charges, Judge Muniandy give am 14 years for prison, but na concurrent sentence, so e go run alongside di death sentence. Di judge call di actions wey Ibekwe take na ‘inhuman and despicable.’ E talk say, him no fit excuse di matter by saying na drug wahala dey disturb am, because him fit stop when him wife dey intervene.
Di prosecutor, Zaileen Nadia Zubir, don appeal to di court make dem use di maximum penalty on Ibekwe because as wahala dey lie for ground, na self-inflicted problem wey dey cause am due to drug use. Dem say di boy dey dangled by im leg before him go fly off from di window; both di mother and di wife witness di matter. Na so Ibekwe jump on top im wife, dey cause serious injury as well, including hip fracture.
Omo, di defense lawyer Zulkifli Awang dey beg for life imprisonment instead, saying Ibekwe be first-time offender, wey show some kind remorse. But to be honest, e no easy as di court no wan hear all dat plea today. Dem call 22 prosecution witnesses plus 2 defense witnesses to testify during di trial, and e really show say dis case no be joke. Dem comot for di court as dem dey carry di case gut; we go dey follow di matter as e dey unfold.
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