Retired world wrestling champion, John Eke Uti, popularly known as Power Uti, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly killing his wife, Toyin.
Uti was arrested weeks ago and detained at the Ilupeju Police Station over the death of his wife.
He was later transferred to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation.
Uti, 55, was arraigned before Magistrate Bola Folarin-Williams on a two-count charge of murder and disrespect of corpse.
After going through the case file, Magistrate Folarin-Williams said she did not see anything both in the accused’s statement and in the police investigations to show that the accused killed his wife.
He therefore quashed the remand application brought by the police.
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She, therefore, admitted the accused to a bail of N500,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum, who must be blood relations and also work with reputable organisations.
She ordered that the case file should be duplicated and a copy forwarded to the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) for legal advice.
Earlier, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, the prosecutor, had told the court that the accused committed the offences on October 10 about 10.25 p.m. at No. 17, Oremeji St., Ilupeju, Lagos.
He alleged that the accused beat his 38-year-old wife to death and abandoned the corpse in a room to decompose.
The offences contravened Sections 165(a) and 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The case has been adjourned until November 15.
