The police charged a man, Edmund Uzoma, before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday for alleged bigamy.
Uzoma was charged with three charges of bigamy and falsifying information on a marriage certificate before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun.
Idowu Osungbure, the prosecution, told the court that Uzoma, despite having a wife, contracted another wedding with one Sophia Yongxian through a wedding register.
He further stated that the defendant falsely claimed to be a bachelor while being married.
Osungbure said Uzoma committed the crime in 2019, and that the offences were punishable under sections 411 and 115 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws, as well as Section 370 of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C. 38 Laws of the Federation, 2004.
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The charges read in part, “That you, Edmund Uzoma, of Lekki Road 15, Golden Gate Apartment, Lagos, on or sometime in 2019 in Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony, to wit; bigamy, and false statement and declaration.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Olatunbosun admitted him to bail in the sum of N1m with two responsible sureties in like sum.
She said one of the sureties must have landed property in Lagos.
Olatunbosun adjourned the case till March 15, 2023.
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