A Bayelsa State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to death by hanging of 30-year-old lady, Victoria Gagariga for the killing of her husband, Henry Gagariga, on February 4, 2015 where they had resided on Ebisam Road in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The deceased husband was a lawyer while Victoria worked as a staff of the Bayelsa Arts and Culture.
They had lived happily together for years before they decided to legalise their union in 2014.
Victoria reportedly stabbed the husband on the neck after a misunderstanding.
Justice Nayai Aganaba said the circumstantial evidence against the Victoria was overwhelming, and that she was the only person with the deceased at the time of death and the only person to have the opportunity to have killed him.
The judge said Victoria committed a “murder of passion” because
the couple were obsessed with each other.
He said:, “It is unfortunate that I can only pronounce the sentence prescribe by law.
I wish I had the discretion to do otherwise. However that discretion rests with the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State. I am only left with the compulsion to pronounce the sentence prescribed by law.
“I hope that person with the discretion would look at the circumstance of this case and do the needful. I hereby pronounce my sentence. My sentence upon you is that you shall hang on the neck until you die. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.”