he Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 24-year-old bus
conductor, Ukpai Ama-Ukpai, in prison for the alleged murder of his
friend, one Sunday.
The deceased, the defendant and two others
were said to have gone to drink at a local pub at the Pako Ijeshatedo,
Surulere area of Lagos where the incident happened.
After the
drinking, they were said to have had a discussion which led to an
argument.
The police said Ama-Ukpai, in the ensuing scuffle, “hit
the head of the deceased with an object.” He died while they were
making efforts to take him to the hospital.
The men allegedly
fled the scene and left the deceased in a pool of blood.
A naval
officer, Dabup Kenneth, however, saw what happened and was said to have
alerted the police.
The police said the relations of the deceased
had yet to show up for his corpse.
Ama-Ukpai was subsequently
arrested and arraigned on two counts of murder.
The charge read
in part, “That you, Ukpai Ama-Ukpai, and others now at large, on 19th
July, 2013 at 9.30pm, at Pako Ijeshatedo, Lagos, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Sunday, surname unknown,
‘Adult’, by hitting him with an object on the head.”
The
prosecutor, Silas Cyriakus, said the offences were punishable under
Sections 231 and 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State Nigeria.
The
defendant’s plea was not taken.
Cyriakus later filed application
for the remand of the defendant pending legal advice from the
Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The magistrate, Mrs M.O
Tanimola ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ikoyi Prison for a
minimum of 30 days pending the DPP’s advice.
The matter was
adjourned till November 6.
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