An Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday remanded a 23-year-old man, Yusuf Mohammed in prison for allegedly murdering his 14-year-old wife, Safiat Yakubu on suspicion that she was seeing another man, when she refused to move into his house after her bride price has been paid.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the accused beheaded the deceased on June 16, in Ilasa Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state – an offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
Ikebuilo alleged that the refusal of the deceased to move to Mohammed’s house after her bride price had been paid and suspicion that she was having an affair with another man were the reasons why he beheaded her.
According to the police prosecutor, the accused laid ambush for her in the bush and cut off her head.
The magistrate, Mrs Kehinde Awosika remanded the accused in prison custody pending advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions after Ikebuilo informed the court that the case file has also been forwarded to the DPP.
The case was adjourned till July 30 for mention.
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