Man in court for stabbing wife to death
Category: Lagos News
A 42-year-old driver, Wahab Lawal, has been remanded in
prison by a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ebute Meta, Lagos State for
allegedly stabbing his wife, Bola, to death.
The police said the incident happened along the Palace Road, Otto,
Oyingbo area of the state around 10.45pm while the couple were together.
The Lawals were said to have been separated due to some unresolved issues in their marriage.
It was while on a visit to Bola that there was a disagreement between the duo, which sparked a hot exchange.
The police said Wahab, in fit of rage, stabbed his 38-year-old wife with a knife, which led to her death.
However, in a remand application brought before the court, the
defendant did not make any confessional statement to the offence and was
not arrested with any weapon.
The Investigating Police Officer told the court
that the prosecution would only be relying on some witnesses, adding
that there was need for further investigation into the matter.
The one-count-murder charge reads, “That you, Wahab Lawal, on March
26, 2014, at about 10.45pm, along Palace Road, Otto, Oyingbo, Lagos in
the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Bola Lawal, aged
38 years, by stabbing her with a knife on her cheek and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
The police prosecutor, Adams Cousin, appealed to the court to put Wahab in prison, pending the completion of police investigation and the release of legal advice from the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
“Our application is pursuant to Section 264(1) of the Administration
of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011. We will duplicate
the case file for the DPP’s legal advice,” he said.
The Magistrate, K.O. Ogundare, upheld the application.
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