Court admits video of cleric confessing to beheading woman for N4000

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A Lagos High Court in Igbosere Tuesday admitted in evidence a video showing an Islamic cleric, Taofeek Adamu, confessing to beheading

Adamu, 61, of Masinowe Compound, Ikoga in Badagry, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder, preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.

She said the deceased went to seek spiritual help from the cleric, but “the defendant beheaded the deceased before chopping off her other parts for ritual purposes.The alleged offences contravened sections 222 and 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, the court heard. The video was then copied by the police, transferred to a compact disc via a Hewlett Packard laptop on January 25, 2019.

Ajayi added: “The compact disc itself says interview conducted by the press. When it comes to computer generated documents, it tells you how it was produced. But in this case,… it also does not state the name of the officer, this is not permissible…”

 

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