Police on Wednesday arraigned one Vihishima
Iorshase, 31, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue State for alleged
culpable homicide.
The accused is also facing charges of mischief by
force with intent to cause damage and destruction.
Police prosecutor, Omaye Ujata, told the court that
the case was first handled by Naka Police Division, before it was transferred
to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on April 26.
Ujata said the police had received a complaint from
one Donald Ikpum of Gyaluwa village, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue,
that the accused had trespassed into his farm.
He told the court that the complainant had alleged
that Iorshase while on the farm cut 400 tubers of yam belonging to Nguhegh
Igom, the complainant’s wife, into pieces.
“After destroying 400 tubers of yams in the farm, the
accused also set ablaze the complainant’s wife round thatched house and all the
property therein were burnt to ashes.
“The complainant’s little son, Oryiman Angboor, 5, was
also burnt to death in the inferno,” she said.The prosecutor said that the
accused was later arrested during the police investigation and he voluntarily
confessed to the crime.
Ujata said that the offences contravened Sections 329,
337, 338 and 222 of the Penal Code Law of Benue State 2004.
The prosecutor, however, pleaded with the court for
more time to enable the police complete investigation into the matter.
The plea of the accused was not taken for want of
jurisdiction, but the magistrate ordered Iorshase to remanded in Makurdi
Prisons.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Mohammed, adjourned the case
till June 7, for further mention.
(NAN)
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