Police arraign Beninoise wife for poisoning husband

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 19-year-old wife, Abiodun Ojo, and her partner, Wesu Akan, 20, before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of one Jimoh Ojo.

It was reported that Jimoh died from drinking a poisoned bottle of soft drink given to him by Abiodun on June 19 at Makoko, Lagos State..

Abiodun reportedly got the poison from Akan, the elder brother of Abiodun’s ex-boyfriend.

Abiodun had been involved with and wanted to marry Akan’s younger brother, but her father arranged for her to marry the deceased instead.

Abiodun eventually married late Jimoh, and the union resulted in a female child.

However the 19-year-old later allegedly conspired with Akan, to kill her husband, so that she could marry his younger brother.

The defendants were arraigned on two counts of murder.

The charges read in part, “That you, Abiodun Ojo, and Wesu Akan, on the 19th day of June, 2015, at about 1600 hours, at Makoko, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Jimoh Ojo, 30 years, by adulterating his drink with an insecticide substance and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011”

The defendants’ plea was not taken.

The Magistrate, Mrs A. E. Adeyo, said, “Application for prosecution has been granted.

“The case file is to be duplicated and forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal action”.

The case was adjourned till October 12, 2015 for the DPP’s advice.

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