An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded a woman, Glory Justice for allegedly killing her male co-tenant with a rake.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Olajuwon ordered that Justice who is on trial for alleged murder be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons, pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
According to the Prosecutor, Inspector Julius Babatope, the accused committed the offence on July 8 at her residence.
He alleged that Justice used a rake to hit the deceased, Sunday Agadima, 42, on the head and he died.
“The deceased instructed the accused to make sure she disposed off the waste she was gathering with the rake.
“Unknown to him, Justice was angry that he did not mind his business… she came after him and knocked him dead with the rake,’’ he said.
The magistrate adjourned the case to October 20.
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