A woman, Tega James, has dragged her husband, Lucky James before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State for allegedly defrauding her of N71 million.
The court, led by Chief Magistrate L.A. Owolabi of the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogba, dismissed the case instituted against the 47-year-old Lucky by his wife.
The case was dismissed on Thursday by MagistrateOwolabi because his wife had agreed to withdraw the case.
The judgment read in part, “This ruling is predicated on the application for the withdrawal of the charge by the complainant, James Amanda Tega.
“The prosecutor led the complainant in evidence to confirm her intention and whether she indeed intended to withdraw the complaint leading to this charge against the defendant. She confirmed on oath that she wants to withdraw the complainant leading to this charge.
“I have reviewed the uncontroverted oral evidence of James Amanda Tega and am satisfied that the complainant intends to withdraw the complaint leading to this charge against the defendant.
“Accordingly, charge number MIK/E/61/22 be and is hereby dismissed, dated this 2nd day of February 2023.”
Meanwhile, a yet-to-be-identified man has died under mysterious circumstances in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State.
It was gathered the corpse of the man whose identity remains unknown, was found in the early morning of Tuesday, October 31, at a truck garage in the Berger area of Lagos.
It was gathered from an eyewitness, who gave his name as Wahab, who saw the corpse of the yet-to-be-identified dead man found standing and leaning on the wall of the garage on Tuesday morning when some of the truck drivers came to pick up their trucks.
He added that there were no bruises or signs of physical violence on the body of the deceased who was only wearing black shorts.
He said, “When we got to the truck garage on Tuesday morning, around 8:30 am, we saw a young man; he was just wearing some dirty black shorts, standing and resting his head on the wall of the school where people park their trucks, thinking that he was still sleeping.
“He looked rough and unkempt. Someone went to tap him so that he could wake up and leave the place but when he touched him, the man didn’t move. Tapped him again, but he didn’t move.
“It was on observing him closely that we found out that the guy had died while standing. He didn’t even look like someone who had died.