Woman, 35, Faces Murder Charge For Killing Baby

[Shola Sholaz]

A Yaba Magis-trates' Court, yesterday, said a dry cleaner, 35-year-old Aderoju Ojelabi, who allegedly killed her day-old baby, had a case to answer in court.
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At the resumed hearing of the case, the Magistrate, Mrs S.K. Matepo, said: "A murder case has been established against the accused and consequently, her case will be transferred to a court of superior record."
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She said that advice from the state Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, had established a prima facie case of unlawful killing against the accused.
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Consequently, Matepo ordered that the case file be transferred to the Lagos High Court for trial.
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Ojelabi was first arraigned on December 10, 2012, and charged with the wilful abandonment and murder of her child.
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At her arraignment, the court failed to take the plea of the accused, but ordered that she be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

[Folami David]

Of course that is what such mother should face for killing an innocent soul. Murder is never a wise and kind to do or engage in...

[Shola Sholaz]

Strange things just keep happening in Nigeria everyday. Things one cannot understand. Too bad.