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Court remands ex-policeman for allegedly shooting housewife

 A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, on Monday ordered that a former policemen, Joseph Oriyomi,37, who allegedly shot a housewife while dispersing youths during a communal clash between Ilaje and Ajah, in Lagos , be remanded in a correctional facility.

Oriyomi is charged with murder.

Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji, who did not take the plea of Oriyomi, ordered that he should be kept in Ikoyi Custodial Centre.

The magistrate ordered the police to return the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecutions.

Olatunji adjourned the case untill Feb. 27 for mention.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Oladele Adebayo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec. 31, 2019, at 3 p.m., in Ajah Area.

Adebayo alleged that during the protest, Olatunji fatally gunned down Mrs Temilorun Obasa, 45, in a bid to disperse the crowd.

The ews Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the charge of Murder contravenes Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and punishable with death.

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