Court remands man for stabbing father-in-law
Romantically stingy A 43-year-old man, Tunde Adedo, has been remanded by an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing his father-in-law on the head with a bottle, pending bail perfection. Odedo, whose address was not provided, was charged with two counts of conspiracy and assault. Magistrate O. A. Akamo-Oyede, who did not take the plea of Odedo, admitted him to bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum. Akamo-Oyede adjourned the case until November 23 for mention. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Evelyn Motim, told the court that Odedo committed the offence on October 30 at about 7:50 pm at AbuIe Ijaye along Ayetoro road in Abeokuta. Motim said Odedo stabbed Mr Adebayo Adeoye, his wife’s father on his head with a broken bottle. She said Odedo was invited to intervene in a marital problem and he conspired with others, at large to beat and assault his in-laws. She added that some of the in-laws also sustained injury, adding that offence contravenes ...