The incident happened at Mafuta Adeyemi Street, Orelope, Egbeda, Lagos where they reside.
The suspect was taken to the police at Idimu Division where Helen demanded for her finger for fear she might use it for ritual.
Gift, however replied she might have probably swallowed it during the scuffle because she could not say whether it fell off from her mouth.
According to PM Express, Gift and Helen hail from Akwa Ibom but married from different states. While Gift married from Ondo State, Helen married an Enugu man. Gift had two children and Helen had a child before she lost her husband last year.
However, since they started living together in the same house, they have had no peace but things escalated when Helen’s husband died last year and Gift started to mock her.
On the day the incident happened, as usual, Gift was said to have started mocking Helen again and this resulted in exchange of words and then a fight.
It was during the fight that the suspect bite off Helen’s finger and swallowed it.
She was charged before the court presided over by Magistrate Akeem Fashola.
Gift pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She was remanded in prison pending when she'll mer her bail. Case to commence on March 29.
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