A Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan, has ordered that a nursing mother, Damilola Opeyemi, be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over dinner.
Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take her plea due to want of jurisdiction.
Opeyemi is being charged with murder
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Adetuyibi said the remand was pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
She, therefore, adjourned the matter till September 27 for mention.
The Police prosecution, Inspector Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that Damilola on July 4, 2023 at about 8.30p.m. caused the death of her husband.
He said, ”The couple who lived at Adogba Ajegede area, Ibadan, she stabbed her husband, Oluwashina, 27, during a fight over noodles dinner.”
He noted that the offence contravenes Section 316 and is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
