My Mom's Voice Have Been Telling Me To Kill - Inmate Tells Court
Faith Ukanwa
Nov 14, 2022
My Mom's Voice Have Been Telling Me To Kill - Inmate Tells Court
A 41-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, standing trial for the murder of his mother, has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that he has been hearing voices asking him to kill somebody in prison.
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Nurudeen, who lived abroad for 12 years, is standing trial before Justice Modupe Nico-Clay.
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The defendant was 37-year-old when he allegedly killed his mother, Abosede, 65, by stabbing her with a kitchen knife.
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When the case came up before the court for the commencement of trial on Thursday, the defendant, who was brought from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, said he was a psychiatric patient.
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He said, "I have been hearing voices in the prison that I should kill somebody. It is my mother's voice that I have been hearing that I must kill somebody in the cell. I even attempted to kill somebody last month on October 11 at the Ikoyi prison.ÔÇØ
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Justice Nico-Clay asked him to stop talking, called a prison official into the courtroom and instructed him to keep the defendant away from other inmates.
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The judge adjourned the case till February 2, 2023, for the commencement of trial.
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Nurudeen was arraigned before the court on June 27, 2022, four years after he allegedly killed his mother by stabbing her in her stomach and neck.
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He is facing one count of murder preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
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The state prosecuting counsel, Mrs Titilayo Olanrewaju-Daudu, told the court that the incident occurred on June 6, 2018, around 11pm, at 49, Oremeji Street, Ilasamaja, in the Mushin area of Lagos State.
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Bakare was first remanded by a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court on July 4, 2018.
The prosecutor, Modupe Olaluwoye, a police sergeant, had told the court that the defendant had an argument with his 65-year-old mother, Bosede, over his inherited property.
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"My Lord, during the argument, he grabbed a knife and stabbed her in her stomach and neck.
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"During questioning, he admitted to committing the offence and even signed a confessional statement,ÔÇØ Olaluwoye said.
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