Court remands couple for ‘teenager’s murder’

An Ebute Meta, Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a couple, who allegedly caused the death of a teenager, be remanded at a correctional facility, pending legal advice.

The police charged Obinna, 33 and Chinenye Ezenwaka, 29, with two counts of conspiracy and culpable homicide.

Prosecuting Inspector Chinalu Uwadione had told the court that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on January 16, at about 8:20pm, in Ojo, Lagos.

The prosecution alleged that the couple used a pestle to hit the 13-year-old girl, who was kept in their care.

Uwadione alleged that the couple hit the victim in the head in a fit of rage.

The offence, he said, contravened sections 223 and 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo did not take the couple’s plea.

Adedayo remanded them at Ikoyi and Kirikiri custodial centres pending legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

She adjourned the case till February 26.