Courtroom remands standard Lagos auto vendor, IVD over spouse’s dying

The Lagos State Magistrates Courtroom has remanded standard movie star automotive vendor Ikechukwu Ogbona, a.ok.a IVD, over the dying of his spouse, Bimbo Ogbonna.

Within the verdict by presiding Justice of the Peace Adebayo Kafayat, the choice was made following the recommendation of the State Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, which indicted Ogbonna for involuntary manslaughter.

Studying out the DPP’s recommendation, Adebayo mentioned the defendant ought to be arraigned earlier than the Excessive Courtroom. Subsequently, the court docket remanded Ikechukwu in custody pending the submitting of data in opposition to him.

The defence counsel, Abubakar Yesufu, prayed the court docket to launch IVD primarily based on earlier bail situations granted to him. However the Justice of the Peace held that she lacked the jurisdiction in case of involuntary manslaughter. Therefore all bail purposes ought to be introduced earlier than the excessive court docket. She, nevertheless, adjourned the case until the seventh of March 2023.

Recall that Bimbo died on the fifteenth of October 2022, following an damage sustained from a fireplace incident that occurred on account of violence of their residence in Megamound Property.