Blessing Edet , 24 , is to be kept at Ikoyi Prisons for
the next 30 days, pending when the case would be filed at the appropriate court
for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death a Lagos court ruled on Thursday.
The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Folarin-William said: “The
accused should be remanded in prison custody pending when the case will be
filed at the appropriate court since the advice from the Director of Public
Prosecutions (DPP) is out.”
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Maria Dauda, told the court
that the offence was committed on August 18, 2015 at about midnight at No. 1,
Falana St., Ogombo, Lekki.
She said the accused and the deceased, Edet Ebong, 33,
had engaged themselves in a fight and in the process, she picked up a kitchen
knife and stabbed the deceased in his stomach.
The offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State, 2011 and the section prescribes a life sentence for offenders.
The case has been adjourned to April 4 for mention.
NAN /Pm News
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