Contrary to the claim of Akolade Arowolo, the man who allegedly killed his banker-wife, Titilayo, that his wife stabbed herself to death, the post-mortem result has revealed that the injuries found on the slain banker could not have been self-inflicted.The post-mortem shows extensive injuries consistent with the use of a knife, which could not have been self-inflicted as claimed by Akolade, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions advice read at a Yaba Chief Magistrates Court, Lagos, on Monday stated.The Lagos State Police Command had at a press conference on July 5, 2011, claimed that Akolade had during interrogation maintained his innocence and insisted that Titilayo stabbed herself to death.On interrogation, Akolade told the police that it was his wife that stabbed herself to death, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, had said when Akolade was paraded before reporters.But the court registrar, who read the advice to Akolade in court on Monday, said the DPP had reviewed the report of the post-mortem conducted on the deceased and found that it was not possible for the slain banker to have inflicted such injuries on herself.The DPP said it had reviewed the case file and noted that the marriage of Akolade and Titilayo was tumultuous due to the incessant injuries the deceased sustained when she was alive.It observed that the accused person also did not deny that he was the last person to see the deceased alive.The DPP also concluded that based on the report of the post-mortem, the act which led to the death of the deceased was intentional.The public prosecutions office said it was now set to prosecute Akolade for the murder of Titilayo according to Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 17 Vol II, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003, at a Lagos high court.The advice, which was signed by Olabisi Ogungbesan for the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, stated that a duplicate of the case file had been retained by the office for the new arraignment.Earlier, Chief Magistrate Demi Ajayi said even though the advice was ready on October 26 when the case came up for hearing, criminal law administration did not permit reading of the advice in the absence of Akolade, who was not in court on that day.In her ruling, Ajayi ordered that Akolade should remain in prison custody till the DPP decided to charge him at the high court.She added that the court should be informed when Akolade is to be charged in order for her to strike out the case at the lower court.The chief magistrate adjourned the case till December 12 for notification of the DPP about Akolades arraignment at the high court.Akolade is accused of murdering his 29-year-old wife, an employee of the Skye Bank Plc, with a knife on June 24, 2011 at their 8, Akindehinde Street home in Isolo area of the state.The accused was first arraigned on July 8. But at the adjourned date on September 9, Arowolo was absent in court.It was gathered that he was hospitalised at the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, after he purportedly ingested an acidic substance.At the Mondays hearing, Akolade was helped into the court by a prison warder and walked with the aid of a stick.Meanwhile, a scuffle ensued after the hearing outside the court as policemen and prison officials shielded Akolade and prevented journalists from taking his photographs.The lawyer to the family of the deceased, Mr. Nelson Ekoh, who intervened in the issue, said journalists had the right to make all information on the case available to the public.Ekoh, who argued with the law enforcement agents, said it was wrong for them to shield Akolade and prevent journalists from taking his photographs.
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