An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Thursday, remanded a couple, Kehinde Oladimeji, 43, and Adejumoke Raji, 35, in prison over the alleged murder of a 22-year-old woman, Ife Adah.
The defendants, who were arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and murder, resided on MKO Abiola Way, in the Leme area of Abeokuta.
The Magistrate, I. O. Abudu, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that they be remanded in prison.
Abudu said both husband and wife should be remanded in the Oba and Ibara custodial centers respectively, pending legal advice from the Ogun State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
She adjourned the case till April 29 for mention.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Oluwatosin Jackson, told the court that the defendants committed the offense on January 12, 2022, at their house.
Jackson said the couple conspired and murdered Odeh, who was a close friend of Adejumoke.
She said Adejumoke invited the deceased (her friend) to her house and prepared noodles with a sleeping substance.
The prosecutor explained that after the deceased slept off, Adejumoke allegedly strangled her, butchered her body, and sold her head for N70,000 to a ritualist at Ibadan, Oyo State.
Jackson also alleged that the offensive odor from the remaining part of the dismembered body attracted the attention of neighbors, leading to the couple’s arrest.
The prosecutor said, “The offense contravenes sections 324 and 319(1) of the Criminal Laws of Ogun State 2006.”
