40-year-old remanded for killing man during fight

A magistrate of the Ebute Meta
Magistrate's Court has ordered that 40-
year-old Imeh Okon be remanded in
prison for the death of one Ismaila
Saka.
The police said the defendant had
confessed to killing Saka by stabbing him
with a broken bottle on the neck during
a fight.
The incident was said to have happened
at the Agege area of Lagos State.
The investigating police officer, Sergent
Akinmuyiwa Micaiah, said the defendant
was arrested with exhibits and was
identified by witnesses at the scene of
the crime.
The one count murder charge read,
"That you, Imeh Okon, on October 16,
2013 at 8.30am at 31, Adeniyi Street,
along Oniwaya Junction, Agege Lagos, in
the Lagos Magisterial District, did
unlawfully kill one Ismaila Saka, age
unknown, by stabbing him with a broken
Schnapp bottle on his neck severally and
thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 221 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria,
2011."
The defendant's plea was not taken.
The magistrate, Mr. R. J Adefioye,
remanded him in prison. The matter
was adjourned till December 4 for DPP's
advice.