Lagos Police arraign man for marrying a second wife

A man identified as Edmund Uzoma has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly marrying a second wife.

Uzoma was arraigned on Wednesday 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.

He noted that the defendant also made a false declaration that he was a bachelor while having a wife.

Osungbure alleged that the defendant committed the crime in 2019. The offences were punishable under sections 411 and 115 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws 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 a felony, to wit; bigamy, and false statement and declaration.”

He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola admitted him to bail in the sum of N1m with two sureties in like sum each.

She said one of the sureties must have landed property in Lagos.

Olatunbosun adjourned the case till the 15th of March, 2023.

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