He said: “In the interest of justice, I request that the court should grant a short adjournment date to enable me to have discussions with my client so that he can have proper legal representation.
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He said: “The building belongs to my late father. I was the only person in the house when he came. When I couldn’t take his insults anymore, we started fighting. He picked a stick and wanted to hit me. I ran into the room, came out with a kitchen knife and stabbed him on the head
The Chief Magistrate, K.O. Ariyo, who gave the ruling, said the plea of the accused could not be taken because of the nature of the offences.
Ariyo, therefore, ordered that the accused should be kept behind bars for the first 30 days pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions
NAN was told: “After dropping the baby in the big pot, she went to the backyard of the family house and hid it before proceeding to the farm.
“But unfortunately for her, curious children, who were playing around the backyard, picked the pot to play with only to discover the dead baby inside and quickly raised an alarm.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu
Layeni said the plea of the accused would not be taken because the charges against him were capital offences requiring the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the court to proceed
He, however, sought for an adjournment for him to gather his facts and send the case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Corporal Iyobosa Onaiwu, told the court that the offence was committed on December 1 at about 9.50pm at their apartment
The prosecutor, Sunday Lucky, said the offence contravened Section 319 (a) of the Criminal Code, which provides that anyone found guilty shall be sentenced to death
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Ewe said the offence was committed on May 25, at about 5.30am at Adeoje Estate, Apata, Ibadan, where the accused lived with his parent
The Magistrate, Folarin Iroko, said the accused should be remanded in prison pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions on the murder charge
After taking drugs, he returns home to terrorise everybody in the yard, including the poor woman,” the tenant said, adding that he often manhandled the woman
“While trying to dispossess him of his belongings, Azeez used a dagger to stab him on his stomach and mouth before killing him,” Ekuma said