LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A security man, Samuel Adeniyi, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly smashing the head of his girlfriend, Morolake Sunday, with a sledgehammer in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State.
Magistrate Patrick Nwaka ordered the remand of 33-year-old Adeniyi after he was brought before Yaba Magistrate’s Court on one count of murder.
Police prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen told the court that the incident occurred on 10 August, at No. 33, Audu Ekpa Street, in the said area of the State.
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According to Nurudeen, the defendant claimed that his lover was cheating on him and was never satisfied sexually.
It was revealed in court that on the day of the incident, the deceased, a nanny, left the child she was tending to and went to meet with another man, claiming she went to buy recharge cards.
It was further disclosed that Adeniyi allegedly waited for hours before she returned.
While he was trying to question her whereabouts, they had a heated argument, which led to a fight, and he allegedly hit her head with a sledgehammer.
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Nurudeen told the court that the defendant fled the scene, while the deceased was rushed to the Mainland General Hospital by her employers, where she was confirmed dead.
The charge read, “That you, Samuel Adeniyi, on 10 August 2023, around 12 pm, at No. 33 Audu Ekpa Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Sarah Morolake, aged 25 years by hitting a sledgehammer on her head, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendant’s plea was not taken, as Magistrate Nwaka ordered his remand in prison custody pending the outcome of legal advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
Nwaka adjourned the case till 10 October 2023.