An Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure has remanded one Toba Afolasade, 26, in prison for allegedly killing a 16-year-old girl, Adejoke Olalekan.
Afolasade was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Victoria Bob-Manuel on a two-count charge of killing and unlawfully defiling the 16-year-old girl.
The police prosecutor, Isah Atanegbe, while testifying before the court, said Afolasade committed the offence at about 3:30pm at Idi-Araba Camp Road, Ijegun via Ile-oluji, Ondo State on June 26,2015.
Atanegbe told the court that the accused person strangled the deceased while raping her.
The accused’s plea was not taken by the court because he had no counsel.
The prosecutor asked the court to adjourn the case to enable him send the duplicated case file to the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, for legal advice. He also asked that the accused person be remand in Olokuta Prison pending the outcome of the advice from the DPP.
The Magistrate, Mrs Bob-Manuel consequently ordered that the accused remand in prison while adjourning the case till August 19, 2015
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