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24-year-old bus conductor, Ukpai Ama-Ukpai has been remanded in prison
by the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of his
friend, Sunday.
The
incident was said to have happened at a local pub at the Pako
Ijeshatedo, Surulere area of Lagos where the deceased, the defendant and
two others were said to have gone to drink.
After the drinking, they were said to have had a discussion which led to an argument.
The
police said Ama-Ukpai, in the ensuing scuffle, “hit the head of the
deceased with an object.” He died while they were making efforts to take
him to the hospital.
The men allegedly fled the scene and left the deceased in a pool of blood.
Apparently a naval officer, Dabup Kenneth saw what happened and was said to have alerted the police.
The police said the relations of the deceased had yet to show up for his corpse.
Ama-Ukpai was subsequently arrested and arraigned on two counts of murder.
The
charge read in part, “That you, Ukpai Ama-Ukpai, and others now at
large, on 19th July, 2013 at 9.30pm, at Pako Ijeshatedo, Lagos, in the
Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Sunday, surname
unknown, ‘Adult’, by hitting him with an object on the head.”
The
prosecutor, Silas Cyriakus, said the offences were punishable under
Sections 231 and 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State Nigeria.
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
Cyriakus
later filed application for the remand of the defendant pending legal
advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The
defendant was ordered to be remanded at the Ikoyi Prison for a minimum
of 30 days pending the DPP’s advice by the magistrate, Mrs M.O Tanimola.
The matter was adjourned till November 6.
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