An Igbosere Magistrate’s Court has remanded a couple, Mr. Chidi
Ubochianjonjo and Mrs. Nkiru Ubochianjonjo, for allegedly bathing a
businesswoman, Ogochukwu Nwosu, with a substance suspected to be acid.
The magistrate, Mrs. J.O. Adepoju, said due to the severity of the
injuries sustained by the victim and the weight of the charges, the two
defendants should be remanded in custody pending the release of legal
advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
According to the charge sheet, with charge number 0/18/2017, Nkiru had allegedly sent a threat text message to Nwosu.
Punch Metro had reported that Chidi had proposed to Nwosu, which the
latter agreed to after he promised to persuade his wife, Nkiru.
Nwosu had alleged that immediately Nkiru got to know about her she started threatening her through calls and messages.
She had closed from work at Computer Village and had reached Ilasamaja around 8pm on October 6, 2016.
She was about to cross to the other side of the road when a man alighted from a motorcycle and poured the acid on her.
Nwosu had said she suspected Nkiru because of the threats she had been
receiving from her before the incident, adding that while also on the
hospital bed, she still threatened her.
The case was said to have been referred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, from where it was later
transferred to the Federal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau,
Alagbon.
The suspects were arraigned on Wednesday on four counts of attempted murder and causing grevious bodily harm.
