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Woman Remanded For Beating Mother-In-Law To Coma
Chuks Ekpeneru
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has remanded a 30-year-old woman, Adenike Olowookere in prison custody for allegedly beating her mother-in-law to coma.
Adenike who was brought before the court on Tuesday was charged with attempted murder.
The Court was told that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 9 at Ado-Ekiti.
The prosecutor, Insp. Bankole Olasunkanmi informed the court that the defendant attacked her 63-year-old mother-in-law, Mrs Comfort Olowookere, who is still in coma.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 320 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2012.
He urged the Court to remand the defendant in prison pending legal advice from the office of Director of Public Prosecutions.
The plea of the defendant was not taken.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdulhamid Lawal, remanded the defendant and adjourned the case to Oct. 17 for mention.
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