Court adjourns trial of captain whose boat capsized killing 13

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The defendant’s boat, which was conveying 20 passengers, capsized, killing 13 persons, including two children.

A boat captain, Happiness Elebiju, accused of manslaughter over the death of 13 passengers in a boat mishap, has filed a no-case submission before an Ikeja High Court.

Mr Ogungbamila told the court that Lagos State Government, prosecuting the case, had served him its reply to the application. The defence counsel, therefore, told the court to discharge the defendant, arguing that prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him. She urged the court to hold that the defendant had a case to answer, going by the evidence presented before the court by the prosecution.

 

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