A Magistrates Court sitting in Isabo Abeokuta has ordered a couple identified as Kehinde Oladimieji, 43 and Adejumoke Raji, 35, to be remanded in in Oba and Ibara Correctional centres respectively for allegedly murdered a 22-year-old woman, Ife Adeh in Ogun State.
The defendants, who were being tried on two counts of conspiracy and murder reside at No.72 MKO Abiola Way, Leme area in Abeokuta.
The Police Prosecution Counsel, Miss Oluwatosin Jackson, told the Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta that the defendants committed the offence on Jan.12, at Leme area of Abeokuta.
Jackson said that the couple conspired and murdered Odeh, who was a close friend of Adejumoke.
She said Adejumoke allegedly invited the deceased (her friend) to her house and prepared noodles with sleeping substance.
The prosecutor added that, while the deceased slept off after the meal, Adejumoke allegedly strangled her and butchered her body, and sold the head for N70,000 to one ritualist in Ibadan.
Jackson also alleged that the offensive odour that emitted from the remaining part of the dismembered body in Adejumoke’s room attracted neighbours’ attention, leading to their arrest.