Man Docked Over Alleged Killing of Father

The Police in Lagos yesterday charged before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Oyingbo a 35-year-old man, Nelson Oamen, for allegedly killing his 75-year-old father, late Sunday Ehiremen Oamen. The defendant, who was accused of patricide, was alleged to have stabbed his father in the chest and stomach with a broken bottle on September 18, 2015, while he was asleep in their Abesan Estate residence at Ipaja, Lagos.
The defendant is facing a count charge of murder proferred against him by the Police.The offence is punishable under Section 221 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant’s plea was not taken.The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Adegoke Akinlabi, urged Magistrate Folashade Botoku to remand the defendant in prison custody, pending the time he would be properly arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.
Adegoke informed the court that the application was in pursuant of Section 264(1)(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice of Lagos State, 2011.
However, Magistrate Botoku ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody for the first 30 days, and his case file forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, for legal advice.

The case was adjourned to November 5 for the outcome of DPP’s advice.