By Onozure Dania
Lagos—A 17-year-old Benin Republic house help, Christian Yavine, who allegedly killed his employer’s mother by stabbing her with a knife, has denied the allegation.
Testifying before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, Yavine, who said he would turn 18 years on June 3, told the court that his employer, himself and the person that brought him to Nigeria were all arrested by the Police, but they were set free.
Testifying in French with interpretation by Mr. Terry Ekweogu, an Instructor at Naval Training Command, Apapa, the defendant said he is being tried for a crime he knows nothing about because he could not pay the N200,000 requested by the Police for his release.
He said the Police had asked the person, who brought him to Nigeria, to bring N200,000 so he can be set free, but that after three days the Police came…
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