Nigerian Lady Jailed For Cutting Her Husband’s Penis & Killing Him

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a 48 - year- old female lawyer , Udeme Otike - Odibi, at Kirikiri prison for killing her 52 - year -old husband , Symphorosa Otike- Odibi, and also chopping off his penis.

Udeme , 47 , was arraigned by the Lagos State Government on a two -count charge of murder and misconduct with regard to a corpse.

She however pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Lagos State Prosecutor , Mr Sunmonu Babatunde , had told the court that the accused committed the alleged offences on May 3 , at Diamond Estate , Sangotedo, Lekki , Lagos.

He said that the accused stabbed her husband and mutilated his corpse by cutting his genitals.

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The offences contravened Sections 165 (b) and 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Section 165 (b) provides five- year imprisonment while Section 223 is punishable by death .

Justice Adedayo Akintoye , however remanded the accused in prison and adjourned the case until Oct . 8 and 9 for hearing.

The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) reports that the accused first appeared before a Yaba Magistrates ’ Court and was remanded in prison pending the Directorate of Public Prosecutions legal advice .

Symphorosa Otike- Odibi, the murdered lawyer , from Delta State , was the second person killed by a female lawyer .

The first lawyer to commit the crime was Mrs. Yewande Oyediran , working with the Oyo State Ministry of Justice .

Yewande stabbed her husband , Lowo Oyediran Ajanaku, 38 , to death in their Akobo Estate home in Ibadan , Oyo State home on February 2 , 2016 , after she found out that he fathered a child through another woman.