An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan has ordered that a 27-year-old housewife, Rukayat Sodiq, be remanded in Agodi corrections facility for alleged murder of her husband.
The Magistrate, Mrs. T. G. Daodu, who did not take Sodiq’s plea for want in jurisdiction, ordered her remand, pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The magistrate adjourned the matter to May 22, for mention.
Sodiq was charged with murder.
The prosecution counsel, Insp. Iyabo Oladoyin, alleged that Sodiq on March 27, at about 6:30pm at Akinrinmisi area, Amuloko, Ibadan, caused the death of her husband, Abiodun Ibironke, 64.
Oladoyin said Sodiq hit the victim with a stick on his head during an altercation. This, the police said, led to Ibironke’s death.
She said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 316 and is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.