The Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 67-year-old man, Lamidi Salau, and his 65-year-old wife, Lamidi Abigail, for allegedly killing a 25-year-old woman, Kehinde Omize, in the state.
The defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.
The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the couple that the couple committed the offences at Dallimore area in Ado-Ekiti on September 9, 2026.
The prosecutor informed the court that the couple and one other, who is at large, allegedly killed Omize.
Oriyomi said the couple, who were friends to the deceased father, were intervening in the dispute between the deceased and her husband when the incident happened.
He said the husband of the deceased came into the meeting without notice, and allegedly macheted his wife to death in the presence of the defendants.
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The prosecutor added that the deceased family reported to police that the defendants knew about the deceased’s husband presence at the meeting.
According to him, the offences contravene Sections 244 and 234 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendants at a correctional facility, pending advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The Chief Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, ordered that the defendants be remanded at the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre.
Adeosun, thereafter, adjourned the case until October 9 for mention.
