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Home » BIZARRE » Drama As Police Arraign Man For Marrying Second Wife 

Drama As Police Arraign Man For Marrying Second Wife 

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February 2, 2023
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A Nigerian man, Edmund Uzoma, has been dragged to court by the police. He was arrraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for alleged bigamy on Wednesday. 

 

Uzoma was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information on a marriage certificate.

 

The prosecutor, Idowu Osungbure, told the court that Uzoma, while having a wife, contracted another wedding with one Sophia Yongxian, at a wedding registry.

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He noted that the defendant also made a false declaration that he was a bachelor while already married. Osungbure alleged that Uzoma committed the crime in 2019, adding that the offences were punishable under sections 411 and 115 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State and Section 370 of the Criminal Code Act Cap. C. 38 Laws of the Federation, 2004.

 

The charges read in part, “That you, Edmund Uzoma, of Lekki Road 15, Golden Gate Apartment, Lagos, on or sometime in 2019 in Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony, to wit; bigamy, and false statement and declaration.”

 

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Olatunbosun admitted him to bail in the sum of N1m with two responsible sureties in like sum. She said one of the sureties must have landed property in Lagos. Olatunbosun adjourned the case till March 15, 2023.

 

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