An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos on Monday remanded three men in prison custody for allegedly stabbing a police officer to death.
Seyi Egbonwan, 30, Wale Ojupon, 18, and Daniel Emeka, 18, are facing a seven-count charge of stealing, breach of peace, murder, assault, and possession of firearms before Mrs Oyindamola Ogala, a Chief Magistrate. Ogala said the plea of the accused persons could not be taken because the court had no jurisdiction in a murder case. She therefore ordered that they be kept in custody pending when the court gets advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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