Lagos, June 16, 2015 (NAN) An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a 21-year-old, Olalekan Aweda, in prison for allegedly stabbing a man to death with a dagger.
Mrs O.I. Adelaja, the Chief Magistrate, ordered that the accused should be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons for 30 days pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The accused, a cobbler, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Richard Odigie, told the court that the offences were committed on May 8 at about 10.00 p.m. at Joseph Street on Lagos Island.
He said the accused and the deceased 36-year-old Ganiu Bello had a misunderstanding and Aweda vowed to deal with Bello.
``On that day, Aweda ambushed Bello and upon sighting him, stabbed him with a dagger on his neck killing him instantly."
Odigie noted that the offences contravened Sections 221 and 231 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The case has been adjourned to July 8.
(NAN)
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