A man has been arraigned in court from threatening to kill the husband of his lover if he does not let her go.
Olusegun Ashogbon, a 50-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to kill one Aderemi Remi-Louis, the husband of his lover, Mrs Abiola Remi-Loiuse has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court in Yaba.
According to Daily Post, Ashogbon was alleged to have sent a message to Remi-Loiuse on June 16, telling him to leave the wife or pay with his life.
The suspect and Mrs Remi-Loiuse, a mother of three were said to have been dating since October, 2014, six months after she moved out of her matrimonial home on Akanbi Crescent, Onitiri area of the state. It was further learnt that while a divorce suit between Mrs Remi-Loiuse and her husband was pending at the state high court, she moved into a rented apartment on Awin Street, Bariga with the defendant.
Speaking with the police, Remi-Louis said, “I received a call through 081762477xx around 8.22am on June 7, 2015. Two minutes after, I called the number and discovered that the subscriber was in a conversation with some other people, telling them that Ogbeni yen ti pe, the man has called. Nine days after, I received a threat message from another number.”
The message read, “We were calling you but you did not answer. You called our boss a thief when he phoned you. You can’t snatch our chairman’s wife. Your odeisi (charm) against bullets cannot work.
“We will turn you to suya and put your body inside a Ghana-must-go bag and feed your body to fish.”
In his reaction, the defendant admitted owning the number but denied knowledge of the message.
Ashogbon was subsequently arraigned before a chief magistrate, Mr. P.A. Ojo, on two counts bordering on conduct likely to cause the breach of peace.
The charges read in part, “That you, Olusegun Asogbon, between June 8 and 16, 2015 in the Bariga area, in the Lagos Magisterial District, being the owner of mobile phone numbers 081446488xx and 081762477xx used same to threaten the life of one Aderemi Remi-Louis by sending grossly offensive words threatening to cause him harm.
When the charges were read, the 50-year-old however, pleaded not guilty and he was granted bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum by the magistrate, while the case was adjourned till November 17.