Court remands SS1 Student for stabbing schoolmate to death in Ekiti
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand a 16-year-old
Timilehin, a student of Ado Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti, is facing trial for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Matthew Favour, in the chest on December 6 after school hours.
They were said to be testing the efficacy of a charm believed to prevent penetration of weapons like cutlass, knife known in local parlance as “okigbe.”
The incident forced an early closure of the school before vacation for Christmas/New Year festivities.
The suspect was arraigned in court on Wednesday after spending one week in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the State Police Command.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Adesoji Adegboye, said he needed advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and ordered that the accused be kept at the State Children Correctional Centre.
The accused, according to him, will be cooling his heels at the Centre pending the receipt of advice from the DPP’s office.
Adegboye subsequently adjourned the case till January 18, 2019.
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