An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, has remanded a 20-year-old man, Solomon James, in Ikoyi Prisons for allegedly killing a man, Femi Daramola, with an interlocking stone.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O.A. Fowowe-Erusiafe, ordered that James should be kept behind bars for 30 days pending when the case would be filed at the appropriate court.
Fowowe-Erusiafe said: “The accused should be remanded in prison custody pending when the advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is out and the case will be filed at the appropriate court.”
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Corporal Olusegun Kokoye, told the court that the offence was committed on March 5 at about 2.00a.m. at Plot 2004, Block 24, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.
Kokoye said the accused hit the head of the deceased, Daramola, 39, with an interlocking stone leading to his death.
He said the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Section 221 prescribes life sentence for offenders.
The case was adjourned till May 5 for mention.
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