A Makurdi High Court, on Thursday, June 11,2015 sentenced a housewife, Mrs Ternenge Tersoo to death by hanging for the murder of her one year-old step son.
A native of Mbayegh-Gaav in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, Mrs. Tersoo was found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code.
Her husband, Mr Iorchir Tersoo, had reported to the police that his first wife had killed his son on May 28, 2012, Vanguard reports.
Mr. Tersoo told the court how he had been married to the convicted woman for seven years without a child, which made him to marry a second wife, Torkwase Tersoo, who gave birth to the deceased baby boy within one year.
He said that his first wife was so bitter that the little boy and his mother had, in her thinking, taken over the affairs of the house and accused her husband of giving more attention to the second wife.
According to him, the she took the child from his nanny and strangled him to death.
During trial, however, the convict pleaded not guilty to the charge against her .
Delivering her judgment, Justice Jennifer Ijohor said that prosecution had proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt.
The judge also said the autopsy report had shown that the child was actually strangulated to death.
