The Lagos State Government has arraigned a 48-year-old female lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, for the alleged murder of her 50-year-old husband Symphorosa Otike-Odibi.
She was arraigned on Monday before Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area on two counts bordering on murder and misconduct with regard to a corpse.
The Lagos State Prosecutor, Mr Babatunde Sunmonu, told Justice Akintoye that the defendant allegedly murdered her husband, who was also a lawyer, on May 3, 2018, at their residence.
He said that the defendant allegedly threatened him with a knife and eventually stabbed him to death and went further to mutilate his body, by cutting off his private part.
According to him, the offence is contrary to section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and punishable by death while the offence of misconduct with regard to a corpse is contrary to Section 165(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and punishable with five years…
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