The 47-year-old female lawyer, Mrs Udeme Odibi, who allegedly stabbed her 50-year-old husband, Otike Odibi, to death and severed his genital at their home in Diamond Estate, Sango-Tedo area of Lekki last month, is set to arraigned by the Lagos State Government.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, at a news conference in Alausa, Lagos today May 28th, said the state government was concerned about increasing cases of intimate partner violence in the state, leading to murder.
He said his office will ensure the trial receives an expeditious hearing.
“Section 165 (b) particularly creates an offence of felony for cutting up or mutilating a human corpse just as we have in the deceased person. Facts available in file reveal that the suspect, subsequent to her stabbing her husband, mutilated his corpse by cutting his genitals, The suspect is therefore to stand trial before the High Court of Lagos for the murder of her husband and mutilation of his corpse. The trial of Udeme Odibi will commence as soon as the case is assigned to a court by the Chief Judge. This office will ensure expeditious trial of this matter,” he said
The commissioner expressed his concern at the rising rate of domestic violence in the state, saying;
“The good citizens of Lagos are enjoined to fulfill their role as compulsory reporters by ensuring that any case of domestic violence is immediately reported to the police, Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, or any other relevant authority to avoid unnecessary loss of lives,” he said.
