A 37-year old woman, Bose Oluwole, was recently remanded in prison custody by an lgbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly setting her nine-year-old daughter ablaze.
The Magistrate, Mrs. O. Oshin, ordered that Oluwole be remanded in prison custody until the next adjourning date.
“I hereby order that the defendant be remanded in prison custody till June 2,” she said.
Oluwole, a trader, is charged with assault, occasioning harm and attempted murder.
The Prosecutor, lnspector Emmanuel Nwankpuma, told the court that the accused committed the offences on May 11 at her residence at ljebu-Ode Road, Odomola in Epe, near Lagos.
He said the accused unlawfully assaulted her nine-year old daughter (name withheld) by pouring kerosene on her and setting her alight with matches.
Nwankpuma said the accused, who attended a ‘white garment’ church, had just returned home from a night vigil on the morning of the assault.
He said the accused in her statement to the police, claimed she received a revelation during the vigil that her daughter was possessed by demonic spirits.
He said the accused told the police that the only way to deliver her daughter from evil spirit was to inflict injuries on her through the use of fire.
The prosecutor said the daughter was saved by the landlord who heard her cries and alerted the police.
He said the victim was currently in hospital receiving treatment for the injuries she sustained.
Nwankpuma said the offences contravened Sections 171 and 228 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 228 recommends a sentence of life imprisonment for anyone convicted of attempted murder.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the two count charge. http://www.isokomirror.com/?p=1089
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