A
45-year-old man, John Ekundayo, has been remanded in Agodi Prison by an Ibadan
magistrate’s court for refusing to bury his dead wife, Mrs. Bukola Alabede and
keeping the corpse in his room.
Though
there was no evidence that the accused mutilated the remains of his wife,
Vanguard learned that the offensive odour of the corpse compelled the neighbour
of the accused, who lives at NW2/403 to raise alarm that led to his arrest.
The
accused was arraigned on a count charge of allegedly “offering indignity to the
dead human body by abandoning her in his room.” According to the charge sheet,
signed by DSP Sunday Unwanbueze, “the accused, on February 28, at about
6.30a.m, at NW2/403 Okebuyi compound, Idikan, Ibadan, did improperly or
indecently interfere with or offer indignity to the dead human body of one Mrs.
Bukola Alabede by abandoning her in your room apartment without lawful
justification or excuse of deceased relatives and, thereby, committed an
offence contrary to and punishable MI/323c/2017.” He pleaded not guilty.
Chief Magistrate A. F. Ri-chard, granted him
N100,000 bail with two sureties. The court said one of the sureties must be a
relative and must be in possession of a National Identity Card.
The second surety should be a Level 9 civil
servant. At press time, the accused was unable to meet the terms given by the
court for his bail and had to be taken into prison custody. The case was then
adjourned to April 19 for proper hearing.
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