Native doctor jailed 12 months for killing neighbour’s cow

An Abeokuta magistrates’ court in Ogun State on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old native doctor, Michael Oyewole, to 12 months in prison for killing his neighbour’s cow.

Earlier, the defendant, who resides in the Araromi Alakaloko Olomore area of Abeokuta, pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, theft and unlawful killing of a cow.

However, the Magistrate, Mrs O O Odumosu, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of the offences.

She, therefore, sentenced the defendant to 12 months in prison with an option of N10,000, but that the convict could only be entitled to the option of fine if he paid N400,000 to the complainant; being the cost of the cow he killed.

Before the sentence, the prosecutor, ASP Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the defendant on June 3, at about 11pm in the Alakoloko Unique Estate in the Olomore area of Abeokuta conspired with others (at large) and stole a cow valued at N400,000, property of one Mr Hakeem Ominrinde.