Lawyer Otike-Odibi killed by wife found with genitals, intestines cut
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the offences contravened sections 165 b and 223 of the criminal law of lagos state 20152 the deceased intestines were outside i ran out and met the deceased sister coming up to the room i tried to stop her from entering the room but she ran past me and entered grange-koko said1 udeme otike-odibi a 48-year-old lawyer was on june 13 arraigned by the lagos state government on a two-count charge of murder and misconduct with regard to a corpse before an igbosere high court in lagos1 she pleaded not guilty and was remanded in kirikiri prison1 at the resumed hearing of the case on monday symphorosas friend and neighbour mr stanley grange-koko was led in evidence by the attorney-general of lagos state mr adeniji kazeem san1 he told the court how the deceaseds younger sister dr anwuli akwukwuma called him at 2.00am on may 2 to go to the deceaseds symphorosa house and check what was happening1 grange-koko said he rushed out of his car but could not gain access to the compound because no one answered when he knocked the gate and called out the deceaseds name several times1 grange-koko said he went back to his house but rushed back to the deceaseds house the second time when akwukwuma called him back1 dr akwukwuma called me back and said i should go back to the deceased house because it seems life is involved1 at this point i went with my wife also called the estate security men we had to climb the fence into the deceased compound1 we also broke down the front door to gain access to the house because no one answered our several knocks he said1 grange-koko said that he ran upstairs and saw blood on the floor adding that he followed the blood trail to the bathroom and to the deceased room1 he said both he and the security men had to break the door to the deceaseds room1 i saw the deceased lying on his bed with his wife the defendant lying beside him and there was blood everywhere1 two siblings of the lawyer and his friend gave the graphic details in testimonies before the court on monday1 he said the deceased sister ran out of the room shouting that her brother was dead but the defendant was breathing1 grange-koko said the defendant was however taken to hospital for further valuation1 after grange-kokos evidence the second witness dr akwukwuma was called1 she narrated exactly what grange-koko had told the court but added that she called grange-koko because he was living in the same estate with the deceased and was a family friend to the deceased1 akwukwuma also added that she got the information about the problem through her mother whom the deceased called earlier to complain that his wife was hitting him and had a knife1 she added when i got to the deceased house and saw him lying on his bed with his intestines out i checked him and saw that he was already cold and stretched out1 i noticed that he had died for hours and he was holding something in his arm but i couldnt see what it was because he was already stiff1 the police told me that it was his genitals that he was holding and asked me if there was another person in the room when i got there i answered no akwukwuma narrated1 the prosecutor also called a third witness a younger brother to the deceased mr andrew otike-odibi who narrated the same story1 after listening to the three witnesses justice adedayo akintoye adjourned further hearing until oct. 101 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the prosecutor had during arraignment told the court that the udeme committed the offences on may 3 at diamond estate sangotedo lekki lagos1 he said that udeme stabbed her husband and mutilated his corpse by cutting his genitals1 symphorosa otike-odibi the 50 year-old lawyer who was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife udeme also a lawyer was found on his matrimonial bed with his genitals and intestines cut off1 section 165 b provides five years imprisonment while section 223 stipulates death penalty for offenders1

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