A 25-year-old woman identified as
Victoria Alonge was on Monday
sentenced to one-year in jail by a Karu
Senior Magistrate court for pouring hot
oil on her boyfriend, Roland Nna,
because he refused to marry her.
Telegraphng.com reports that Victoria
was sentenced to one year imprisonment
without an option of fine after the
convict admitted to the court that she
committed the offence. Alonge was
arraigned on a one-count charge of
causing grievous harm to Nna, her
boyfriend, who resides in Kurudu, Abuja.
The prosecutor told the court that
Alonge went to Nna’s house at about
4:30 a.m. on the fateful day and poured
hot oil on him while he was asleep,
resulting in grievous injury.
He said she was immediately arrested by
the police, after which she confessed to
the crime.
Njoku said that while in detention,
Alonge threatened to inflict more harm
on the victim.
The prosecutor, however, urged the court
to summarily punish the accused because
she did not deny the charge brought
against her.
In her defence, Alonge told the court that
her estranged lover dated her for over
four years and promised to marry her,
only for him to change his mind after
falling in love with another woman in
Abuja.
“I did that to teach him a bitter lesson
because he refused to marry me after
dating me for over four years,” Alonge
said. “He fooled me and my parents and
ditched me after finding a new lover here
in Abuja. I live in Lagos with my parents.”
Source: Telegraphng.com
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