A High Court sitting in Nasarawa State has convicted Fred Ayokhai, a teaching staff of the Federal University of Lafia (FULAFIA) for teaming up with his children to assault a female student, Blessing Mathias.
Recall
that in October 2022, LIB had reported that Ayokhai, a lecturer at the Federal
University of Lafia, joined forces with his children to attack a teenager who
beat his daughter over a man. Ayokhai who reportedly works with the History and
International Relations department of the institution was caught on camera with
his children assaulting and stripping the lady now identified as Blessing
Mathias naked.
The state police command swung into action, arrested the accused persons and arraigned them before the court. The lecturer was charged with criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, abduction and voluntarily causing grave harm without provocation and assault. Emmanuella, Bob-Praise, and Saint-Dan, all children of Ayokhai, were joined in the case as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th defendants.
Although the defendants had pleaded not
guilty during the prosecution, AU Idris, their counsel, approached the court
with an offer for a plea bargain.
Delivering
judgment on Thursday, April 20, the presiding judge, Solomon Ayenajeh,
convicted the lecturer and sentenced him to six months in jail for criminal
conspiracy and another six months for assault. The judge ruled that the charges
are to run concurrently and that the six months period in which Ayokhai has
been in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) will be counted.
Ruling on the offence of the children, the judge said they will spend six months on probation considering their ages. The judge said they will be punished with keeping the premises of the Nasarawa State High Court clean during their sentence.
The judge also ordered that the third
defendant, Bob-Praise, shave his dreadlocks.
In his speech, Ayokhai thanked the judge and parties in the matter for the consideration and the leniency accorded him. He told the court that he has taken steps to recompense the victim as part of the plea bargain arrangement.
How it happened
in October 2022
Dr Fred Ekpe Ayokhai, a lecturer
at the Federal University of Lafia has been called out for attacking a lady with
his children after she reportedly fought his daughter over a man.
Ayokhai who reportedly works with the History
and International Relations department of the institution was caught on camera
with his children assaulting and stripping the lady now identified as Blessing
Mathias naked.
Prior to being assaulted, Blessing had beaten
the lecturer's daughter, Emmanuella for trying to snatch her boyfriend
identified as IG. Their fight ensued after she discovered that Nuella had her
boyfriend’s number in her phone, which she refused to delete. The said lady
gathered her friends to beat Emmanuella. She was seen slapping Emmanuella and
hitting her from different angles, asking her to delete the number.
Days after the incident, Emmanuella in the
company of her father, Fred Ekpe Ayokhai, and his brother, Praise Shola, and
others attacked Blessing in retaliation.
While also being driven to an unknown
location as captured in a viral video, Ayokhai used scissors to cut off
Blessing's cloth.
Watch the video below;
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