Court remands man in prison for allegedly beating neighbour to death in Lagos

An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered a suspect named Victor Sunday to be remanded in prison for allegedly beating his neighbour to death.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that 42-year-old Sunday committed the offence on April 2 at 4.45am at Jakande Roundabout in Lekki.

Olatunde said that the defendant had used a plank to hit the deceased Denir Sapeton, 55, which lead to his death.

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“The defendant accused the deceased of stealing his phone from where he was charging it.

“But the deceased told him he was innocent of the accusation. Sunday picked a plank and used it to hit the deceased several times and that resulted to the death.”

Ruling, the Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Salawu, remanded Sunday in Ikoyi Prisons and ordered that the case file should be sent to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

The case was then adjourned until May 16.

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