Egbeda Murder: Shonde Pleads Not Guilty to Wife’s Killing

The suspected wife killer, Lekan Shonde, on Friday informed a Lagos State chief magistrate court sitting in Ebute Meta that he knew nothing about the death of his wife, late Ronke Shonde. He was arraigned before Chief Magistrate O. A. Adelaja by the police.  The late Ronke died at their Egbeda, Lagos, home on May 5. According to a temporary charge designated D/30/2016, Mr Shonde was accused of beating his wife to death with his fist. It reads: “That you Shonde Olalekan, on May 5, 2016, at about 2030 hours at No 3, Tiemo Street, Egbeda, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did kill one Ronke Shonde, ”˜F’ age 37, by giving her fist blow on her head, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”Â