A 20-year-old suspected hemp seller, Moses Haruna, was on Monday remanded by a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos State, for allegedly stabbing his neighbour to death.
The police charged Haruna with conspiracy to commit murder and murder, but the court did not take his plea. Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere ordered that Haruna should be kept in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos State, pending advice from the state Directorate of Public Prosecutions. Oghere adjourned the case until April 21 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, told the court that the defendant committed the offences at 5a.m., on Feb. 13, at Anthony Village, Lagos State. (Text courtesy Daily Trust)