Serious Commotion as Driver Allegedly Stabs Man to Death with His Car Keys

A shocking incident has left a man dead after he was reportedly stabbed to death during an altercation with a driver.

*Photo used for illustrative purpose*

 

A 34-year-old driver, Christopher Igbede, who allegedly used his car keys to stab a man to death, was on Thursday brought before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.

 

He was, however, granted bail in the sum of N250,000. The accused, who resides in Egan in Igando, a Lagos suburb, is facing murder charge.  The Magistrate, Mrs. Bola Folarin-Williams, asked that the plea of the accused be taken after questioning the Investigating Police Officer and carpeting him for a “shoddy” investigation.

 

“The IPO failed to show probable cause on why the accused should be remanded for murder and not for manslaughter,’’ she said.

 

She granted the accused two responsible sureties in like sum, one of whom must be living in his own house.

 

The Prosecutor, Inspector Oladele Adebayo, had told the court that the offence was committed on March 19 at about 8.30p.m. on Egan Road, Igando area of Lagos State.

 

He alleged that during an argument, the accused used his car keys to stab one Cyril Ugwu, 38, which resulted to his death.

 

The offence contravened Section 223 of the Criminal law of Lagos State, 2015. The case was adjourned until May 22 pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions. 

Read More

Driver Jailed Seven Years For Raping 80-Year-Old Woman

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 45-year-old commercial driver, Lawrence Adedapo, to seven years imprisonment for raping 80-year-old women, Mrs. Grace Asaolu.

Justice Bamidele Omotoso who convicted Adedapo held that evidence before the court showed that the driver forcefully had a carnal knowledge of the old woman and was guilty as charged.

Apart from the confessional statement of the convict and the victim, the prosecution also tendered in evidence the blood-stained clothes of the old woman in proving the case beyond the reasonable doubt.

The convict who plied his trade in Otun Ekiti sexually assaulted the octogenarian on 7th November, 2017 at Oke Erimope Street, Ogbese via Ise-Ekiti and was subsequently charged to court.

In the course of the trial, Adedapo pleaded not guilty to the charge and gave evidence in his own defence but called no witness.

In his testimony, Adedapo who described the old woman as his “mother as well as his concubine” whom he has been dating as far back as his bachelor years claimed that Mrs. Asaolu framed him up.

He claimed that the old woman had earlier approached him for a sum of money to travel to her village but on that date, she walked into his room and demanded for the money.

The driver claimed that the old woman started romancing him which eventually led to a sexual intercourse after he had given her N1, 000.

The prosecution led by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, gave evidence that the convict confessed to have been dating the woman before the incident and that she consented to the sexual intercourse.

Ajayi tendered the blood-stained clothes of the victim which was recovered from the scene of the incident.

Among issues for determination raised for determination by the court include whether upon the totality of evidence before it, the prosecution proved the offence of rape against the defendant as required by law to warrant conviction.

And whether the convict can be let off the hook by his claim that the sexual intercourse occurred between because they were lovers.

The trial judge resolved the issues against Adedapo and consequently sentenced him to a jail term of seven years for unlawfully carnal knowledge of the old woman.

Read More