Nigeria: Court Frees 34-Year-Old Woman Accused of Killing Her Lover

12 October 2014

UNABLE to establish allegation of murder against her, a Lagos High Court, sitting last week in Igbosere, has discharged and acquitted a 34- year-old woman, Idowu Matthew, who was accused of stabbing her lover, one Emmanuel Ugochukwu to death with a knife.

Her freedom came after staying in prison for six years and five months.

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