Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the remand of a 47-year-old man, Olaniyan Abass in a correctional facility for allegedly strangulating a woman to death in Ibadan.
The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction.
She directed the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
Osho adjourned the case until June 25, for mentioning.
The prosecutor, Insp Adeshina Folaranmi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 19, at about 7.00 a.m., at the Ariyo area, Ibadan.
He alleged that the defendant unlawfully caused the death of a 43-year-old woman, Jelilat Oladejo by strangulating her.