Power Uti, former Nigerian wrestling champion who was arrested by the police over the controversial death of his wife, Toyin has been charged to court.

Uti was alleged to have beaten his wife to death at their residence, 17, Oremeji Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, on October 10, 2017. Toyin, 38, until her demise, was a mother of four children who are under the ages of nine. The two were married for 10 years.

Count one of the charge against Uti read: “That you John Eke Uti, on the 10th day of October, 2017, at about 10.25 am, at 17, Oremeji Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully killed one Toyin Uti, aged 38, by beating her to death and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 222 and punishable under section 223 Cap C17, Vol. 3 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015”.

While the Count two reads: “that you John Eke Uti, date, time and place, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did disrespect the corpse of one Toyin Uti, aged 38, by abandoning the corpse in a room to decompose and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 165(a) Cap C17, Vol. 3 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015”.