Lawyer Udeme Otike-Odibi jailed for cutting hubbys penis, killing him
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the offences contravened sections 165 b and 223 of the criminal law of lagos state 20152 section 165 b provides five-year imprisonment while section 223 is punishable by death1 she however pleaded not guilty to the charge1 the lagos state prosecutor mr sunmonu babatunde had told the court that the accused committed the alleged offences on may 3 at diamond estate sangotedo lekki lagos1 he said that the accused stabbed her husband and mutilated his corpse by cutting his genitals1 an igbosere high court in lagos on monday remanded a 48-year-old female lawyer udeme otike-odibi at kirikiri prison for killing her 52-year-old husband symphorosa otike-odibi and also chopping off his penis1 udeme 47 was arraigned by the lagos state government on a two-count charge of murder and misconduct with regard to a corpse1 justice adedayo akintoye however remanded the accused in prison and adjourned the case until oct. 8 and 9 for hearing1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the accused first appeared before a yaba magistrates court and was remanded in prison pending the directorate of public prosecutions legal advice1 symphorosa otike- odibi the murdered lawyer from delta state was the second person killed by a female lawyer1 the first lawyer to commit the crime was mrs. yewande oyediran working with the oyo state ministry of justice1 yewande stabbed her husband lowo oyediran ajanaku 38 to death in their akobo estate home in ibadan oyo state home on february 2 2016 after she found out that he fathered a child through another woman1