Three people have been arrested by the police after a 40-year-old woman identified as Helen Peters died in their custody.
25yrs old Uwadiegwu Henry and his friends - Monday Ochonu, 25, and Taiwo Adebiyi, 57, were said to have committed the offence at No. 36, Fashola Street, Papa Ashafa in Agege area of Lagos.
Police say Henry has confessed that he was the boyfriend of the married woman.
He was also accused of conspiring with Taiwo, who happens to be a nurse to kill the victim. Henry and Taiwo were accused of administering the Lagatine injection to incapacitate the victim so as to kidnap her and thereafter, extort money from her rich husband, which led to her unfortunate demise.
Taiwo was said to have supplied the injection that killed the victim, while the other alleged accomplice, Ochonu, tied the deceased’s hands and legs backward with a rope and also covered her mouth with a piece of cloth which suffocated her to death.
The offences contravene and are punishable under Section 221 and 231 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
When they got to court, their plea was not taken as the Magistrate, K. A. Ariyo, adjourned the matter till March 31, 2016, for the Director of Public Prosecution’s advice.
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