IKEJA—Three more witnesses are to testify in a case of murder brought against a Lagos couple who allegedly tortured their househelp to death, the prosecutor, Mr Femi Adamson, told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, yesterday.
The prosecutor, at the resumed hearing in the case, said one of the witnesses, Jacob Kinanee, an Police Inspector, was away on a three-week course and so could not be in court.
He said: "We do not intend to delay this trial because we have three more witnesses, but in the light of this development, I am asking the court for an adjournment."
Trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu, adjourned the case till September 6.
The accused persons, Elochukwu (40) and Chiamaka Nnajiofor (26) were charged with the murder of one Oliver Arakwe.
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, had alleged that the 14-year-old boy, who was one of their househelps, was subjected to a series of abuse by the couple, culminating in his death.
The prosecutor said Arakwe was allegedly beaten and chained to a toilet seat at the Nnajiofors' residence in Femi Tella Street, Ago Okota, Isolo, Lagos.
The DPP claimed this led to his death last August 17, at Eko Hospital, Lagos.
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