A security man attached to the University of Lagos, Isaiah Ofem is presently being detained at the Kirikiri Custodial Centre until December 6, 2023 for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Victoria Adeyemi.
The presiding officer at Yaba Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State, Magistrate O. Y Adefope ordered that the 34-year-old Ofem be remanded again after he was brought to court a second time on one count charge of murder on Thursday.
The police prosecutor, Haruna Magaji, told the court that the incident occurred on June 17, 2023, at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State and that Ofem and Adeyemi had a disagreement on the pregnancy, which he directed her to abort.
According to the Prosecutor, when the deceased rejected the directive and attempted to walk away, Ofem, angered by her decision to walk out on him, pushed her and she fell off the staircase.
He further disclosed that the defendant quickly strangled her, threw her body over the fence, and cleaned up the blood stains from the stairs.
The defendant was eventually arrested after the deceased’s phone was tracked and found in his possession.
The charge read in part, “That you, Isaiah Ofem, on June 17, 2023, around 8.30pm, at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Victoria Adeyemi, aged 27 years, by strangling her to death and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
THE PUNCH reports that the plea of the defendant who was first arraigned on August 11 and remanded till October 3 was not taken.
Adefope adjourned the case to December 6, 2023, for the DPP’s advice.
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