A case of domestic violence gone terribly wrong .Find below the story of a man who is accused of stabbing his wife to death 76 times!
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| The Accused Mr Akolade Aworolo |
An Ikeja High Court has fixed Friday, Feb 21 to deliver judgement on the case of alleged murder,filed agianst Akolada Arowolo,charged with stabbing his wife,Titilayo to death.
The date is contained in a Hearing Notice,issued to the Prosecution and Defence counsel.The date has been communicated to the :Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions(DPP) and Arowolo's counsel.Barr. Olarenwaju Ajanaku.
Arowolo was arraigned on December 21 2011,before Justice Lateef Okunnu,on a one-count charge of murder.
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution,Barr, Olabisi Ogungbesan,had alleged that the accused murdered Titilayo ,a banker ,on June 24,2011 at his residence ,No 8 Akindeinde Street ,Isolo,Lagos.
The deceased relatives ,including father ,George Oyakhire and her step-mother,Adetoun ,had testified that Arowolo's marriage was characterised by domestic violence.
Another witness,Prof John Obafunwa , Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State,had also testified that Titilayo was stabbed 76 times.
The accused ,who testified on May 22,2013 ,however denied the allegation,blaming his in-laws for the trouble in his marriage.
He had insisted that his wife died after she accidentally fell on a knife during a quarrel on his birthday.
The court remanded him in Ikoyi prison ,Lagos.
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