Man, 37, Strangles Daughter, 3, Over Quarrel With Wife

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 37-year old man, Haruna Adam, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos State for allegedly strangling his 3-year old daughter, Miss Rebecca Haruna, over a quarrel with his wife.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Olaifa Street off Cele Road, Igando area of Lagos, where they reside.

According to Police sources, the suspect, Adamu, was said to have had a quarrel with his wife over an undisclosed matter, which prompted him to grab the little girl and strangled her to death. 

The wife and residents raised alarm and the matter was reported to the Police at Igando Division and Adamu was arrested. He was later transferred to the SCID, Yaba, Lagos, for further investigation.

After thorough interrogation, the Police found him culpable and subsequently charged him before the Ebute Metta Magistrates Court for the alleged offence, which attracts life imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty before the Court.

When he was arraigned however, the Court did not take his plea after the prosecutor, Inspector Olatunde Kehinde, asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for advice.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O.O. Ekundayo, ordered his remand in custody without granting him bail pending the outcome of the DPP’s report and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP for advice.

The matter was adjourned till 8th March, 2022, for the report of the DPP’s advice to be available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.