The suspect was
ordered arrested by the area commander in charge of Area J command,
Ajah, Lagos following a petition by Halimat through her counsel in the
Chamber of Bislaw Legal Practitioners.
Narrating her ordeals in
the hands of the suspect to the police, Halimat (surname withheld) in
the petition, said: “I met the suspect in New York, United States of
America in November, 2016 while both of us were on vacation and began a
relationship.”
“When I came back to Nigeria, I noticed that I was
pregnant and I called the suspect, who was still in the USA, about the
development and he was very happy on the phone. And he begged me to keep
the pregnancy till he comes back to Nigeria for us to wed. He requested
for a return ticket to come back to Nigeria and I spent N400,000 to
purchase a return ticket for him.
“When he came back to Nigeria,
he also demanded and collected the sum of N2.5million from me to prepare
for our wedding. But instead, he went to Abeokuta, Ogun State, to meet a
native doctor who prepared a herbal liquid for him which he claimed was
for treatment of diabetics.
“He convinced me to drink from the
liquid and because I did not suspect anything, I drank from it unknown
to me that it was to abort my pregnancy or to kill me.
“And after
drinking the liquid, I began stooling blood and ended up in the
hospital. Doctors later performed surgery on me and discovered that the
herbal liquid had affected my unborn baby in my womb and damaged my
fallopian tube. I am now appealing to the police to assist me to get
justice” Halima allegedly stated.
In his defense, Akorede denied
almost all the allegations made by the complainant but admitted that he
procured herbal liquid for her to treat her diabetics.
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gathered that after investigations by Inspector Agboyinu Hotonu and his
team, Akorede was arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate court on a
four count charge of obtaining N2.5million under false pretense,
procuring unknown herbal liquid for Halimat to terminate pregnancy,
maliciously administering poison on Halimat which caused the death of
the unborn baby in her womb.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Okete
Ejima, told the court in charge No. S/25/2017 that the accused
intentionally procured the harmful liquid for the complainant to kill
her and the unborn child.
He said the offenses committed are punishable under sections 314, 147, 243 and 216 of the criminal laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The
accused, however, denied the police allegations in the open court and
magistrate Mrs. O. O. Otitoju admitted him on bail in the sum of
N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Otitoju adjourned the
case till 22 May, 2017 for mention while the defendant was taken to
Ikoyi prison, Lagos pending when he will be able to fulfill his bail
conditions.