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A 37-year-old woman, Bose Oluwole, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by an Igbosere Magistrates' Court in Lagos for allegedly setting her nine- year-old daughter ablaze.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. Oshin, ordered that Oluwole should be remanded in prison custody until the next adjourned date.
``I hereby order that the defendant be remanded in prison custody till June 2," she said.
Oluwole, a trader, is charged with assault, occasioning harm and attempted murder.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Nwankpuma, told the court that the accused committed the offences on May 11 at her residence at Ijebu-Ode Road, Odomola in Epe, near Lagos.
He said the accused unlawfully assaulted her nine-year-old daughter (name withheld) by pouring kerosene on her body and setting her alight with matches.
Nwankpuma said the accused, who attends a 'white garment' church, had just returned home from a night vigil on the morning of the assault.
He said the accused in her statement to the police, claimed she received a revelation during the vigil that her daughter was possessed by demonic spirits.
He said the accused told the police that the only way to deliver her daughter from evil spirit was to inflict injuries on her through the use of fire.
The prosecutor said the daughter was saved by the landlord who heard her cries and alerted the police.
He said the victim was currently in hospital receiving treatment for the injuries she sustained.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. Oshin, ordered that Oluwole should be remanded in prison custody until the next adjourned date.
``I hereby order that the defendant be remanded in prison custody till June 2," she said.
Oluwole, a trader, is charged with assault, occasioning harm and attempted murder.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Nwankpuma, told the court that the accused committed the offences on May 11 at her residence at Ijebu-Ode Road, Odomola in Epe, near Lagos.
He said the accused unlawfully assaulted her nine-year-old daughter (name withheld) by pouring kerosene on her body and setting her alight with matches.
Nwankpuma said the accused, who attends a 'white garment' church, had just returned home from a night vigil on the morning of the assault.
He said the accused in her statement to the police, claimed she received a revelation during the vigil that her daughter was possessed by demonic spirits.
He said the accused told the police that the only way to deliver her daughter from evil spirit was to inflict injuries on her through the use of fire.
The prosecutor said the daughter was saved by the landlord who heard her cries and alerted the police.
He said the victim was currently in hospital receiving treatment for the injuries she sustained.
