Female Lawyer who Killed Her Husband is Remanded in Prison

 An Ibadan Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iyaganku has remanded Mrs. Yewande Oyeniran, who is said to have stabbed her husband, Lowo Oyeniran, to death on February 2, 2016, in prison custody.

The sad incident happened at Akobo area of Ibadan.

But there was some commotion at the premises of the court on Friday when the two family members of the couple, confronted each other with abusive songs...

The presiding chief magistrate, Kehinde Durosaro-Tijani, ordered the accused person should be remanded in Agodi Prison and adjourned the case to February 16 for mention.

The prosecuting police officer, Inspector Amos Adewale, had preferred one-count charge against the suspect, who pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, told the court that “Yewande on February 2, 2016, at about 06:10am at No 30 Abidi Odan Akobo area, Ibadan in the Ibadan Magisterial District did unlawfully cause the death of one Oyelowo Oyediran, 38, by stabbing him with knife on the neck, which later resulted to his death.”

He further told the court that the accused had committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Volume II Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria.

The court rejected a request by the defence counsel, Mr Seun Abimbola, to have Yewande remanded in police custody because she was traumatised as a result of the incident.

Another drama occurred when some Prison officials threatened to attack journalists and photographers who had positioned themselves near a Black Maria that was to convey Yewande to Agodi Prison.

She was later conveyed out of the court premises in a blue Primera Nissan car purportedly owned by a lawyer, while other accused persons were taken to Agodi Prisons in a Black Maria.

The family of the husband has insisted that justice must be served in the case...no room for mago-mago!