The trial of Mr. Akolade Arowolo, alleged to have killed his banker wife, Titilayo, last year continued, yesterday, with the security guard to their residence, telling the court that he saw Arowolo on the fateful day with his hands soaked in blood.
The security guard, Mr. Saidu Husseni, who was led in evidence by the state Director of Public Prosecution, Mrs. Olabisi Ogungbesan, informed the court that he saw Akolade washing blood off his hands while urging him to hurriedly open the gate and that he did not return to the house the same day.
He said: “I saw him cleaning his hands which was stained with blood and he told me to open the gate quickly so that he can drive out.”
Husseni told court that he later saw a blood soaked cloth and some irons stained with blood near Arowolo’s apartment in the four storey building.
Meanwhile, the court admitted as exhibits, the kitchen knife, which was allegedly used to kill the deceased, four mobile phones and photographs taken by the police at the scene of the murder.
Arowolo, is standing trial before Justice Lateefat Okunnu on a one-count charge of murder. He was alleged to have stabbed his wife to death on June, 24, 2011, at their Akindeinde Street, Isolo, Lagos.
Husseni, the fourth prosecution witness in the case, said he was at home on the day of the incident when Akolade and a friend earlier drove into the compound at mid-day and spent about an hour in his apartment before leaving hurriedly in his Honda Accord car and did not return to the house on that day.
The fifth witness, Mr. Titus Ogbonna, from Homicide Section, CID, Yaba , Lagos said he led the investigation after the matter was transferred to them from Aswani Police Station.
He said: “When we got to Aswani Police Station where the accused vehicle was kept as exhibit, we observed that there was blood stains on the wheel steering, the driver’s seat and on the floor of the driver’s side.
“We also discovered a N100 note stained with blood on the floor of the car, which was recovered and kept as exhibit.”
He said a police photographer; Gift Eneche, took photographs of the car and at the Arowolo’s residence, when the team later visited the place for further investigation that same day.
The matter was adjourned till March 20, for continuation of trial.
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