Water vendor remanded for allegedly killing girlfriend

One Ibrahim Useni who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Jenifer Odiase, to death has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The presiding magistrate, Mrs A.S. Okubule, ordered the remand of the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons pending legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The accused, a water […]

One Ibrahim Useni who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Jenifer Odiase, to death has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs A.S. Okubule, ordered the remand of the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons pending legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The accused, a water vendor popularly known as ‘mai ruwa’, whose plea was not taken was arraigned at the court on a murder charge.

Earlier, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione, the police prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 25 at about 2pm, at Harry Hotel, Badagry Expressway.

He alleged that the accused stabbed his girlfriend with a knife because she had spent the daily contribution which he kept in her care.

“The accused had asked the deceased to hand over the daily contribution from the sales he made from fetching and selling water he kept in her care but the deceased could not and in anger, Useni brought out a knife and slit her throat,” the prosecutor said.

Okubule ordered that the accused be remanded in prison and adjourned the case till January 19, 2018, pending receipt of legal advice. (NAN)