Police on Thursday arraigned a 33-year-old woman, Mrs. Olajumoke Olalere, at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, 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 at the Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
She, thereafter, adjourned the case till March 5, 2025 for mention.
Olalere was arraigned on a one-count charge of murder.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye, told the court that the defendant allegedly caused the death of her 39-year-old husband, Oluwasegun Tinubu, on October 30.
Akinloye said the defendant allegedly stabbed her husband with a knife during a disagreement at their house, at Zone 5, Gbelu, Iyana – Agbala, Ibadan.
He said the offence contravened Section 316 and was punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.