Bernard, who has been charged to an Edo Magistrates’ Court in Benin was said to have committed the offence on November 20, at 13, Igunbo Street, Benin City.
The prosecutor, Sunday Lucky, said that the offence contravened Section 319 (a) of the Criminal Code, and if found guilty is liable to death sentence.
Lucky told the court that the accused admitted killing killed his maternal grandmother, Janet Ogbeifun, with a cutlass over storey building inheritance.
The plea of the accused person was however not taken.
The Magistrate, Taiye Omoruyi, said the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the case and ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
Omoruyi also ordered that the case file should be duplicated and sent to the Department of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
She adjourned the case to February 8, 2016. [myad]
