Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- A magistrate court in Enugu State has remanded a 51-year-old man for allegedly killing his cousin, who accused him of raping her and threatening to kill her and her family members.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that before Uloma Nwangwu was killed, she had escaped from a room in Ibeku-Opi in Nsukka LGA, where the defendant, Emeka Nwangwu, had locked her up.

The deceased was receiving treatment in a pharmacy shop in the university town of Nsukka when Mr Nwangwu allegedly attacked and "struck her head repeatedly on the floor", which resulted in her death.

The defendant was arraigned before the magistrate court on Wednesday on a one-count charge of murder, Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesperson in Enugu State, said in a state...