Court Remands Lawyer Accused Of Stabbing Husband To Death In Kirikiri Prison

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A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday  ordered the remand of one Udeme  Odibi, a lawyer, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.

The accused, 48, who was arraigned  on a charge of  murder, was remanded in Kikiri prison.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that her  plea was  not taken by the court.

CSP Effiong Asuquo, the Officer in Charge of Legal Department of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department Panti (SCIID),  told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 3  at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Lekki.

Asuquo alleged  that the accused had stabbed her husband, Otike,  with a knife, spilling his intestines before proceeding to cut off  his genitals.

He also said that the accused  tried to commit suicide by inflicting injuries on herself before she was rescued  and rushed to the hospital.

Asuquo prayed the court to remand the accused in prison for the next 30 days.

He said that the case file had been duplicated and sent to the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to obtain legal advice.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the offence contravened Sections 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015,  which prescribes  death sentence.

Counsel to the accused, Oluseye Bamijoko, however, asked the court to remand the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons instead of Kirikiri prisons to allow neurologists and endocrinologists attend to her thyroid disease.

Bamijoko told the court that the accused is currently undergoing psychiatric and  private evaluation.

He pleaded that his client  be remanded at Ikoyi prison since  the specialists attending to her are within  Ikoyi/Victoria Island axis.

But the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kikelomo Ayeye, rejected  the request of the defence counsel and ordered the remand of the accused in  Kirikiri prison.

She ruled that since Ikoyi prison does  not have facilities for female inmates,  the accused should be remanded at Kirikiri prison.

“Being at Kirikiri does not stop the specialists and endocrinologists from visiting and it’s sad that the Ikoyi prison lacks facilities for the female gender,’’ Ayeye said.

She, however, ordered that the accused be given privacy when interacting with her counsel or family members without the interruption of a third party (the presence of prison warders).

The chief magistrate also said that the burial of the deceased, which was scheduled to hold on Thursday, be put on hold.

Ayeye said that the burial should be suspended until final investigations had  been completed.

She  adjourned the case till  June 25 for mention. (NAN)

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