Murder Case: Arowolo knows fate Feb.21

An Ikeja High Court has fixed Friday, Feb. 21, to deliver judgment in the case of alleged murder, filed against Akolade Arowolo, charged with stabbing his wife, Titilayo, to death.

The date is contained in a Hearing Notice, issued to the Prosecution and Defence counsel. The date has been communicated to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Arowolo’s counsel, Barr.

Olarenwaju Ajanaku. Arowolo was arraigned on Dec.21,2011, before Justice Lattef Okunnu, on a one- count charge of murder.


The Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Barr Olabisi Ogungbesan, had alledged that the accused murderd Titilayo, a banker, on June 24,2011 at his residence, No. 8, Akindeinde Str, Isolo, Lagos.

The deceased relatives, including her father, George Oyakhire, and her step-mother, Adetoun, had testified that Arowolo’s marriage was characterised by domestic violence.

Another witness, Prof. John Obafunwa, a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, had also testified that Titilayo was stabbed 76 times.

The accused, who testifed on May 22, 2013, however denied the allegation, blaming his in-laws for the trouble in his marriage.

He had insisted that his wife died after she accidentally fell on a knife during a quarrel on his birthday. The court remanded him in Ikoyi prison, Lagos. vanguardngr