An Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State on Friday remanded Chinenye Ndubuife, 20, who allegedly murdered her estranged lover’s two-year-old son.
“The accused is to remain behind bars for the next 26 days pending the outcome of legal advice from the office of the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),’’ Chief Magistrate Mrs A.O. Komolafe ordered.
Komolafe said the accused should be kept in custody at the Kirirkiri prison and subsequently adjourned the matter until Jan. 30.
Earlier, Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin had told the court that the accused had committed the offence on Dec. 12, 2018 at No. 70, Lawani St., Olodi-Apapa.
She alleged that the accused had hit the two-year-old boy’s head on the wall before smashing it with a stone and thereafter dumped the body in the pit toilet when she realised he was dead.
“The accused claimed her act was that of vengeance because she had lost her womb following several abortions from pregnancies due to her amorous affair with the father of the deceased,” Omisakin said.
The offence violated Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, which stipulates death sentence for offenders.
It was reported that Ndubuife, who lived with her mother in the same compound as her married lover, Samuel Promise.
It was learnt that the suspect had asked another child to call the victim identified as Wisdom Promise.
The woman was said to have told the police that she lost her womb as a result of the abortions she had for Promise and wanted him to feel the pain and spend money in treating the boy.
It was gathered that the woman said she only wanted to injure the child but had to dump his body in the toilet when she realised he was dead.
Another source said she claimed it was her two-year-old son, Ikechukwu Ndubuife that pushed the kid while they were playing and he died after hitting his head against a stone.