A 23-year-old hairdresser, Opeyemi Adamson, has allegedly killed her neighbour, Taiwo Olowookere, at their house in the Meiran area of Lagos State.
The 28-year-old Taiwo lived with the suspect’s mother-in-law, who accommodated her after she separated from her husband.
“My wife could be abusive, but she would never fight anyone. The woman that stabbed her is a cult member. She started
having issues with my wife after my wife stopped giving her money for safekeeping.
“I was at work late at night when I was called that my wife had been stabbed. It was the following day that I got there. She was taken to a local medical centre where her injuries festered and her neck became swollen. We were asked to conduct an X-ray for her. I was taking her to a general hospital when she gave up the ghost.”
Opeyemi was arraigned before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on one count of murder.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Adedayo Oladele, who stood in for the resident prosecutor, Cousin Adams, said the offence was punishable under Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
Oladele asked the court to remand the suspect in prison pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
The defence counsel, Fatula, asked that the case file be duplicated for legal advice.
“Ordinarily, we would have wanted to object to the remand application. But in the interest of justice, we ask that the file be sent to DPP and we could even have a lesser offence of manslaughter,” he added.
The Chief Magistrate, O.O. Olatunji, remanded Opeyemi and adjourned the case till October 3, 2018.
