Woman Killed Her Husband Over N70

A young woman, Omolayo
Rasheed, 18 years who
allegedly killed her husband,
Afeez Rasheed, over the N70
(less than half a dollar)
daily food allowance, has
been arraigned before the
Iyaganku Magistrate ’s Court
in Ibadan, Oyo State, charged
with murder.

In charge sheet number
MI/1343C/2010, the police
alleged that Omolayo
stabbed her husband to
death with a sharp knife.
The charge against her reads:
“ That you, Omolayo Rasheed
(F) on 7 October, 2010 at
about 2:05pm at Oloola
Compound, Oja-Igbo area,
Ibadan, in the Ibadan
Magisterial District stabbed
Afeez Rasheed (M), 22, to
death with a sharp knife and
thereby committed an
offence contrary to and
punishable under Section
306, Cap. 30, Vol. 11, Laws of
Oyo State, 2000. ”

The prosecutor, Inspector
Oluyemi Eyiaromi, informed
the court that the accused
was arrested after the
incident.

The presiding magistrate,
Mrs. K. Y. Durosaro ordered
that the accused be
remanded at the Agodi
Prison, pending the
determination of her bail on
the next adjourned date, 25
October, 2010