A 21-year-old Cameroonian, Ledjou Kouemou, yesterday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing his employer, Dayo Adeleke, to death in her residence.
Kouemou, a domestic servant, was arraigned on a one-count charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Oluyemisi Adelaja.
Adelaja ordered that the accused be remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP),the Nation reports.
She adjourned the case till February 24.
Prosecuting Inspector Chinalu Uwadione told the court that the accused committed the offence on December 20 around 9.30pm at 15, Prince Tayo Adesanya Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi.
Uwadione said the accused had asked the deceased for an increase in salary, but she declined.He said the accused stabbed his boss in the chest with a kitchen knife.
“He stabbed his boss few days after she got engaged to her fiancé,” the prosecutor said.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which attracts death sentence.
Kouemou’s plea was not taken.
They shouldn't be granting people with this kind of offense bail.
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ReplyDeleteHe is already cursed he should rot in jail
ReplyDeleteWhy is this guy still alive???? He deserves to be dead. Yes , I mean dead. Live 4 live, dead.
ReplyDeleteTrue talk,dey ought to hang him asap
DeleteI taya o. What are they still keeping him for? Nigerian police can flop sometimes ehn! Kill the bastard already!
DeleteMay he rot in hell!
ReplyDeleteMay he rot in hell!
ReplyDeleteNo matter what happened, the court proceeding for fair hearing will stand. So bad he ended his late boss life over trivial matter
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