Murder Charge: Court Admits Confessional Statement Of Lawyer Who Killed Husband – Channels Television

Updated April 11, 2019A Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area has dismissed an application asking it to reject the alleged confession of a lawyer, Udeme Otike-Odibi, accused of killing her lawyer husband, Symphorosa, last May 3.

According to Banjoko, the statements were made without her lawyer being present and without being videod, as required by law, among other reasons. Justice Akintoye held: “The defence counsel has not been able to establish that the defendant was not given the option to remain silent or to avoid answering any question until after consultation with a legal practitioner or any other person of her choice. This has not been proved to be so. He who asserts must prove….

“The end result is that I do not find that the confessional statement is being sought to be tendered has in any way contravened the provisions of sections 93 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2015 or Section 35 of the 1999 Constitution . The Lagos State Government accused her of stabbing Symphorosa Otike-Odibi to death and mutilating his corpse by severing his manhood on May 3, 2018, at their Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Lekki, Lagos home.On January 23, a prosecution witness, Olusegun Bamidele, told the court that Otike-Odibi, 48, hit Symphorosa on the head with a frying pan several times before stabbing him on the stomach with a kitchen knife.

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