It's a shocking news when An Ebute- Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court , on Friday, imprisoned 16 -year-old Hannah Osazuwa in Ikoyi Prison for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death in Lagos.
Chief Magistrate , Mr Tajudeen Elias, gave the order when the defendant appeared before him on a one- count charge of murder ...
Elias ordered that the case file be duplicated and sent to the office of the State Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPPs) while the accused should remain at the Ikoyi Prisons pending a legal advice.
He adjourned the case to Dec. 12 .
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor , Sgt . Kehinde Omisakin, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct . 16 at 9 .00 a . m. at No. 34, Road K, Close , Gowon Estate, Egbeda.
She said that the accused had stabbed her boyfriend , Tomide Akintewe, 20, on his chest with a pair of scissors , resulting in bleeding that claimed his life.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which prescribes a death sentence for convicts.
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