An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a housewife, Olajumoke Olalere, 33, at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take the defendant’s plea for lack of jurisdiction, ordered her remand pending the legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
She, thereafter, adjourned the case to March 5, 2025 for mention.
The police charged Olalere with a count of murder.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye, had told the court that the defendant, on October 30, at 9.00 pm allegedly caused the death of her 39-year-old husband, Oluwasegun Tinubu.
Akinloye said the defendant allegedly stabbed her husband with a knife during a disagreement at their house, at Zone 5, Gbelu, Iyana-Agbala, Ibadan.