Court orders psychiatric test for woman over suicide attempt

By Onozure Dania

Lagos—Magistrate T. A. Elias of an Ebute-Meta chief magistrate’s court, Lagos, has ordered a textile trader, Titilayo Momoh, to undergo psychiatric evaluation following her plea of not guilty to a charge of attempted suicide.

Momoh, 51, was arraigned yesterday by the police attached to D4 Section of the Police Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, CIID, Yaba, before Magistrate Elias.

She is facing a one-count charge of attempted suicide, preferred against her by the police. The prosecutor, Sergeant Kehinde Omisakin, told the court that Momoh had, on 24 of March, at about 10a.m., on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

She said that the offence committed is punishable under Section 235 Cap C17, Volume 3 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

However, her lawyer, Beauty Otigi, in an oral bail application, urged the court to grant her client bail in the most liberal term.

The magistrate consequently granted the defendant N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum, who must be tax compliant.

He ordered the defendant to submit herself to psychiatric evaluation before the next adjourned date— June 1.

It will be recalled that on March 24, Momoh, a Lagos Island fabrics dealer was rescued from jumping off the Third Mainland Bridge into the Lagoon by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the state’s Police Command.

According to Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, Momoh was in a taxi driving towards Oworonshoki when she asked the driver to stop on the bridge.

She was about to jump into the lagoon when a police patrol team stopped her.

 

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