By Dipo Olowookere
The man accused of killing his banker wife in 2016, Mr Lekan Shonde, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos State High Court sitting in the Ikeja area of the state.
Justice Josephine Oyefeso, who ruled on the matter on Friday, said Mr Shonde was guilty of beating his wife, Mrs Ronke Shonde, to death at their Tiemo Crescent home in the Egbeda area of the metropolis.
The judge held that the convict should be put to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of his wife, who he (Mr Shonde) accused of sleeping with a manager of a publishing company.
Mr Shonde, 51, was a depot worker in Apapa, Lagos before he was charged with the offence in 2016 after he was apprehended by the Lagos Police Command.
After the incident, the man had bolted and was tracked to the Ikeja area of the state after he was declared wanted by the police.
The police said the convict, after killing his wife, locked the door on the corpse and their two children before the incident was discovered by a housekeeper and later reported to the police.
The couple, who had two children aged six and four, is said to have a history of violent clashes prior to the murder.
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