MICHAEL AKINOLA
A 32-year old lady, Adebayo Taiwo, has landed in trouble in Lagos State for allegedly stabbing a man, identified as Wasiu, with a kitchen knife during squabble over sex.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect, Taiwo, has been arrested and charged for the alleged murder under the Criminal Laws of the State.
The incident happened at Ojota area of Lagos, where the suspect, Taiwo and the deceased, Wasiu, engaged in a fight.
The duo was said to have had a disagreement, which led to exchange of words over sex and later led to a physical fight. In the process, the suspect brought out a knife and stabbed him severally on the body.
He was said to have bled profusely and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where he eventually died and the corpse was deposited at mortuary for autopsy reports.
The matter was reported to the Police in the area and the suspect was arrested and transferred to the Homicide Department of the SCID, Yaba, for further investigation.
After investigation, the Police found the suspect culpable for stabbing the deceased, which led to his death despite the fact that she told the Police that she did not mean to kill him.
She was consequently charged before the Yaba Magistrate Court for the alleged murder, which attracts several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.
The Court did not take her plea when she was arraigned following a motion moved by the prosecutor, Supol Thomas Nurudeen, asking the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for legal advice.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mr. P.E. Nwaka, ordered her remand in custody at the correctional centre pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP.
The matter was adjourned for mention for the report of the DPP’s advice to be ready, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.