An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered a 55 year old woman, Abereoje Idowu to be remanded in the Nigeria Correction Centre, Ado Ekiti for alleged offence of conspiracy to murder Abere Olaniyi Olarewaju in Ilawe Ekiti.
According to the Police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, the accused person allegedly committed the offence in Ilawe Ekiti on 19th April, 2022.
He explained that the offence contravene sections 324 and 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
Inspector Elijah therefore requested for the order to allow Police complete their investigation and send the duplicate case file of the suspect to office of Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
In his statement to the Police, one of the witnesses said, there was a misunderstanding between the accused person and the deceased, saying Idowu held the deceased cloth and called one of her children Abereoje Ademola now at large who later came with a knife and stabbed the deceased at back.
Olaniyi Alade