Married Man Allegedly Kills Abuja Girlfriend Over Abortion
A 29-year-old married man, Douglas Tamunokopo, is standing trial before Justice C.O Agbaza at the High Court, Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Udo Abigail, for committing an abortion without his consent.
Punch Metro gathered that the deceased was in a romantic relationship with Tamunokopo when she got pregnant.
Abigail later found out that the defendant already had a family with two children in River State. After the discovery, she reportedly terminated the pregnancy.
The development, however, led to a heated argument that degenerated into a fight between lovers.
A source said after the fight, the defendant left for work, while Abigail was left in the room.
The source explained that when Abigail did not come out of the defendant’s room, neighbours became curious, and when they found their way inside Tamunokopo’s room, they saw the deceased sitting on a chair, with a rope hung on a nail on the wall, and tied around her neck.
Tamunokopo was later arrested and charged to court for allegedly killing Abigail.
The charge read in part, “That you, Douglas Tamunokopo, on September 1, 2016, around 3pm, at the Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, in the Abuja Judicial Division, did cause the death of your girlfriend, Udo Abigail, by strangulating her to death.”
The prosecutor, Wale Adeagbo, said that the offense was punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The investigative police officer, Inspector Thomas Zephaniah, was led in evidence by Adeagbo.
According to Zephaniah, an autopsy was carried out, and from the autopsy report, the cause of the death was asphyxia and strangulation caused by the defendant.
Documents were sought to be tendered through the witness, and the defence counsel, M.E Ogbonna, had no objection. The documents were thereafter admitted in evidence by the Judge as an exhibit in the matter.
Justice Agbaza adjourned the matter till September 26, 2022, for cross-examination.
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