22, May 2019
Cameroonian Maid Who Killed Boss In Lagos Sentenced To Death By Hanging 0
The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a Cameroonian maid, Leudjoe Koyemen Joel, to death for murdering her Nigerian employer, Mrs Dayo Adeleke. Delivering the judgement on Tuesday, two years and five months after the crime, Justice Adedayo Akintoye convicted Joel and ordered that he be hanged to death. Justice Adebayo said, the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt a count of murder pressed by the state against the Cameroonian.
Ebun’s mother at her graveside
It reads: “On the night of 20th December 2016, we received the news that our daughter, sister, and friend Dayo Enioluwa Adeleke, was brutally slaughtered in cold blood whilst defenceless and in the solace of her own home by her Cameroonian domestic help, Joel Ledjou
“Words cannot adequately describe the complete and utter devastation and sorrow that her senseless murder has caused in our lives.
“Joel had just been employed two months prior to the murder of Dayo. Dayo’s usual empathy and the need to help a ‘poor refugee’ as described by the pastor who referred him to Dayo from Mountain of Solution Ministries, led to her employing him.
“It’s ironic that the person she employed, out of her compassion, turned round and snuffed out her life in one senseless act of greed.
“Her supposed ‘offence’ to warrant being murdered by him was that she had not obliged him a two-week salary advance which he requested earlier that morning. The reward for Dayo’s kindness was death!
“Joel robbed Dayo of marriage, motherhood and longevity, a painful fact that still hurts us as a family each and every day.
“The Nigeria Police worked tirelessly in investigating the matter and the Ministry of Justice, Lagos State, in turn, has worked diligently in prosecuting the matter in court.
“Today, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, two years and five months after the murder, Justice Akintoye, sitting at the Criminal Division of the High Court of Lagos State delivered her judgment and found Joel Ledjou guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging.
“This murderer who robbed Dayo of marriage, motherhood, and longevity.
“Though still heartbroken over the loss of Dayo, we are somewhat consoled that justice has finally been served. Our beloved Dayo can now rest peacefully in the knowledge that her perpetrator received the full weight of the Law for her murder.
“Dayo, our light, you will never be forgotten. You are always and forever in our hearts. Your legacy lives on through all of us who remain.”
Source: Sahara Reporters
28, May 2019
Death toll from boat accident in Congo-Kinshasa rises to 45, another 200 still missing 0
The death toll from a boat accident on a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 45, with 200 people still missing.
According to the provincial governor, Antoine Masamba, the boat, bound for Boliangwa, was carrying more than 400 people when it sank on Saturday.
He said 11 children were among the dead.
The boat was sailing on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the country’s west after it hit “violent winds” a few kilometers before arriving at its destination on Saturday night, said mayor of the town of Innogo Simon Mbo Wemba.
Wemba also said police had arrested the captain of the boat and an investigation was ongoing. He said the boat had been registered as carrying 113 people while survivors said up to 400 were on board at the time of the accident. The mayor also said the boat had been “decrepit and unfit.”
Officials said the search and recovery operations could take between two and three weeks.
Boat accidents with high fatalities are common on waterways of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country, where passenger boats often sink due to the age of the vessels and their operators’ failure to follow rules of navigation, according to the World Health Organization.
Last month, at least 167 people died in two boat accidents in the country. President Felix Tshisekedi declared three days of national mourning after the disaster and made it mandatory for boat passengers to have life buoys.
It was, however, not clear if there were any on the boat that sank on Saturday.
Source: Presstv