Man to Learn Fate on February 27 for Burning His Wife and Brother-in-Law to Death in Lagos

A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has reserved judgment until February 27, 2025 in the case of a 50-year-old man, Benjamin Ogudoro, who allegedly burnt his wife and brother-in-law to d3ath.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment, which was slated for February 13, before Justice Sherifat Sonaike, could not be read for undisclosed reasons.

Sonaike, thereafter, adjourned the judgment until February 27.

Ogundoro was arraigned on December 7, 2022 by the Lagos State Government on a four-count charge bordering on m8rder.

The prosecution alleged the defendant k!lled his wife, Chinyere, who had just returned from Scotland and her brother, Ifeanyi, an only son, by setting them ablaze.

The prosecution said the incident happened on April 1, 2022, about 3.30 a.m, at House 5, Zone 7, Oteyi Garden Estate, Abule Ado in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos.

The state alleged that the defendant poured petrol on the bodies of his wife, his brother-in-law, the mattress and set them ablaze while they were asleep.

According to the prosecution, the alleged offences violated Sections 223 and 341 of the criminal law of Lagos State, 2015.