Featured post
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Man kills in-law over cigarette
A 21-year old man identified as Lucky Igbineyi has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing his in-law, Blessing Obazee over a stick of cigarette.
Lucky was said to have stabbed his in-law in the stomach severally.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Oluwaseun Olatoye, had informed an Evboriaria Magistrate court that Lucky committed the crime on September 3 at No 40, Enoruwa Street, Off Upper Sakponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha local government.
Olatoye said the accused person came to stay in the same room with the deceased.
He explained that the deceased (Obazee) refused to give the accused person the cigarette he was smoking which made the accused person to go and buy his.
Olatoye further narrated that the deceased stopped Lucky from smoking inside his room and dragged the cigarette from his mouth.
This, he said, angered Lucky which made him to take a knife and stabbed the deceased severally to death.
Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Caroline Oghuma said that the case was not within the court jurisdiction.
Mrs. Oghuma directed that the case file be duplicated and forwarded to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
She ordered the accused person remanded at Oko Medium security prison in Benin pending the advice of the DPP and adjourned the case until November 18, 2016 for mentioning.
Source;TheNation
POPULAR POSTS
Ganduje Appoints Sanusi As Kano Council Of Chiefs Chairman
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Nigeria Records 132 New COVID-19 Cases in 11 states in the last 24 hours
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Presidential Order: Apapa gridlock to end within two weeks
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
WHO chief calls for widespread virus testing as Europe locks down
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Popular Posts
Accident; One dead, many trapped, as Multiple accident grounds traffic on Lagos- Ibadan Expressway
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Investors Split on Import Duty Cut For Imported Vehicles
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Coronavirus; Nigeria's confirmed covid-19 death toll rises above 500
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Apapa Gridlock: Sanity Returns to Lagos Ports and Apapa as e-call-up Begins
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
Comments
Post a Comment