By Onozure Dania
Lagos—TWENTY-five years old Allison Wemimo-
Samson has been remanded in prison custody by
a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ebute-
Metta for allegedly killing a peacemaker in a
fight.
Magistrate E. B. Daodu ordered that the defendant
be remanded in custody, pending legal advice
from the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP.
The deceased peacemaker, Johnson Okoye, 34,
was said to have died after he had settled the
dispute between the defendant and his landlord,
Musa Mohammed.
Samson is facing a two-count charge of
conspiracy and murder preferred against him by
the police.
The defendant had lived at 17, Abibat Jumoke
Street, Jakande Estate, Ajah, and a former tenant
to Musa Muhammed before he vacated a room
apartment he rented from the landlord sometime
in September 2011, and promised to come back
for part of his money since his tenancy did not
expire at the time he left.
The prosecutor, Corporal Cyracuis Osuji, told the
court that the defendant had gone to meet his
former landlord on September 30 to demand.
He added that in the course of asking for the
money, a fight ensued between them. That was
when the deceased intervened.
He said after making peace, the deceased was
attacked by the defendant and his brother, now
at large.
The prosecutor further stated that the
peacemaker slumped and died after he had
reported his attack at a nearby Police Station.
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
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