An Ado-Ekiti chief magistrate court yesterday ordered that a 30-year-old woman, Adenike Olowookere be remanded in prison custody for alleged attempted murder.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that on September 9, 2019 in Ado-Ekiti, Olowookere beat her mother-in law, Mrs Comfort Olowookere, 63, into coma and the old woman was rushed to a hospital.
Olasunkanmi urged the court to remand the defendant in prison pending legal advice from the office of the Ondo State Director of Public Prosecution.
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No plea was taken from the defendant.
The chief magistrate, Mr Abdulhamid Lawal, ordered the remand of the defendant and adjourned the case till October 17, 2019 for mention.
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