The Police in Lagos has apprehended a woman, Gift Daniel, for allegedly stabbing to death a 52-year-old cleric, Taofeek Olumoro, who had attempted to rape her.
It was gathered that 25-year-old Daniel had gone to visit her boyfriend at No. 3 Bajulaiye Street, Fadeyi, Lagos but reportedly met his absence.
The deceased, popularly called ‘Alfa’, a neighbour to the suspect’s boyfriend, reportedly invited her into his room to wait for the boyfriend.
While attempting to rape Daniel, Olumoro stabbed her in the thigh.
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Daniel, in self-defence, was able to take the knife, stabbing the deceased five times, which led to his death.
She was subsequently arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Daniel, whose residential address was given as No. 1 Alhaji Aleke Street, Bariga, Lagos, was charged with one count of murder, to which she pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Oladele Adebayo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 16, 2019, around 10 pm, using a kitchen knife.
“The defendant was lured into the deceased’s room, where he tried to forcefully have sexual intercourse with her, and in her defence, she stabbed him fatally in the chest,” the prosecutor stated.
He noted that the offence contravened Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, which stipulated a death sentence for offenders.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs A. Kusanu, said the case file should be duplicated and forwarded to the office of the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
She ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till March 27, 2019, for the DPP’s advice.
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