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<\/p>\nUdeme, 48, is standing trial for allegedly stabbing her husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi, to death at their residence on Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Lagos State.<\/p>\n
She was also alleged to have mutilated the corpse of her husband after killing him.<\/p>\n
Offor, while being led in evidence by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Titilayo Shitta-Bay, said, \u201cIn the text message to her, I reminded her that our agreement was that she should travel first and take care of her health because she has a thyroid problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe agreed that when she comes back, we will address the relationship with her husband and see if the marriage will work out.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe sent me a second message that read, \u2018I have tried.\u2019 I called her several times, but she did not pick the locals. I sent Udeme another message asking why she did not pick my calls, but she did not reply till I went bed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround 4 am, I got a call from Udeme\u2019s mum that Udeme and Symphorosa had had a fight, asking if she should come to Lagos. But I told her that Udeme was billed to travel to the UK that day that she should exercise patience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI called Symphorosa\u2019s younger brother, Andrew, around past 5 am; he did not pick the call. Later, Andrew called back and I told him that I received a call from Udeme\u2019s mum.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said he also received a similar call from his mum the previous day that Udeme and Symphorosa were fighting. He added that they were adults and should be able to resolve their issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Offor stated that Udeme\u2019s mum called back and told her that Symphorosa was dead, adding that she started screaming until her husband came to collect the phone from her.<\/p>\n
Offor, who said she had known the defendant since 1992 when they were both employed by Diamond Bank, added that Udeme was her chief bridesmaid when she wedded in 1996.<\/p>\n
She stated further that since they met in 1992, they had been friends, adding that she knew the deceased at the University of Benin.<\/p>\n
Offor said, \u201cI knew the deceased for over 30 years; we met at UNIBEN and he was my elder brother\u2019s friend and was even my elder brother\u2019s best man when he got married in 1998.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe deceased and the defendant got married in October 2014. I was present at their wedding; I was aware that they were having issues in their marriage and Udeme wasn\u2019t happy. I knew because she confided in me last year that she was travelling to the UK to take some time off.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe came back from the UK before Easter and she told me that Symphorosa wasn\u2019t eating at home, so she did not bother to cook his food. I advised her to cook for him even if it was a small portion.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn May 2, 2018, I saw Udeme; she had called and asked me to assist her to pack her things, so I drove to their house on Diamond Estate, Songotedo. We packed the things she needed for another UK trip and we went to a cinema to see a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
During cross-examination by the defendant\u2019s counsel, Oluseye Bamgbose, Offor said the defendant was a peaceful person and that for the 26 years that she had known her, she had never seen her arguing with anybody.<\/p>\n
The presiding judge, Justice Asedayo Akintoye, adjourned the matter till October 30, for the trial to continue.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A friend to a lawyer who allegedly murdered her husband, Maureen Offor, on Wednesday told a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere that the suspect, Udeme Otike-Odibi, sent her a text message on May 3 around 12.04am after the incident. Udeme, 48, is standing trial for allegedly stabbing her husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi, to death at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2830,3],"tags":[400],"class_list":["post-51252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-news","tag-court"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}