Raphael Agu, 38, a man accused of murder, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Custodial Center in Lagos State.
On Tuesday, Agu was taken before a Yaba Lagos Magistrates’ Court on two counts of murder.
On May 25, 2023, during a brawl in the state’s Ogudu region, the defendant is accused of stabbing his buddy Stanley Ugo in the stomach with a knife.
The defendant, according to the prosecution, received N15,000 from a developer building a structure at the Transformer Bus Stop in the state’s Ogudu area to distribute among the local lads.
However, the deceased and one other, after a while came to the defendant claiming that he did not share the money equally and in the cause of the argument, a fight erupted.
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The defendant, in the cause of the fight, was said to have retrieved a knife and stabbed the deceased in the stomach.
The prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the offence contravened Section 222 and is punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
Nurudeen, presenting a remand application, asked Magistrate P.E Nwaka to remind the defendant for 30 days pending legal advice from the Director of Legal Prosecution.
Granting the request, Nwaka ordered the defendant to be remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre and also directed that the case file be duplicated and sent to the DPP for legal advice
Nwaka also adjourned the case till July 5, 2023.
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