Married man who killed mistress after turning down marriage proposal remanded in prison

      

An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kwara state on Thursday remanded in prison one Ogundele David who allegedly killed his lover, Miss Tosin Ashinwo.David, a teacher at the Landmark University Secondary School, Omu-Aran, was said to have killed his 30-year-old lover after she turned down his marriage proposal.
According to the police report, the accused was at Ashinwo’s residence at Tanke, Ilorin, where he met the mother of the deceased, Abiola, 65, and made effort to convince the deceased and her mother to accept his marriage proposal.

The deceased was said to have refused the marriage proposal on the basis that David was a married man; however, the refusal of the marriage proposal infuriated the accused, who ran into the kitchen, picked a knife and allegedly stabbed Ashinowo to death.
The police report also stated that the rejected suitor was also said to have stabbed Abiola all over her body till she fell into a coma, adding that the victim’s mother was receiving medical treatment at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, and that her recovery, however, was not certain.
The police further said David, after allegedly committing the offence, fled, but was arrested by security operatives at Oba-Ile, his hometown in Osun State. After his arrest, the matter was transferred from ‘F’ Police Station, Ilorin, to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, SDCI.
The Kwara State Police Command arraigned the accused before the court for alleged murder of the lady and charged him with culpable homicide punishable by death, and an attempt to commit culpable homicide contrary to sections 221 and 229 of Penal Code.

The police prosecutor, Mr. Oderinde Abideen, read the charges against him.
“Police investigation revealed that you, Ogundele David, callously stabbed the said Tosin Ashinwo, 30 years, and later descended on her mother, Abiola Ashinwo, 65 years. The said Abiola Ashinwo is still receiving treatment at the UITH, Ilorin, and her survival is not certain,” the charge read in part.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge and prayed to be granted bail.
The police prosecutor informed the court that investigation into the matter had not been concluded, opposing the defendant’s application for bail, saying the offences committed were capital in nature and not bailable.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Mercy Adebola, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Federal Prison in Madalla, Kwara State.