A Magistrate Court in Ondo State has ordered the remand of a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing a male colleague in her school to death.
Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi gave the order during the trial of the student for allegedly stabbing Habib Salau, aged 17 to death.
The SS3 student is standing trial for allegedly stabbing the 17-year old deceased, Habib Salau with a knife during a quarrel between them after school hours.
The defendant was brought to court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.
Police Prosecutor, Josephine Awana, had earlier informed the court that the young offender and one other person who is now on the run on October 3 about 3:30 p.m at Imo, Arigidi Akoko, conspired to commit murder.
Awana, alleged that the defendant killed Salau by stabbing him with a knife during a fight.
The prosecutor also told the court that “The defendant accused the deceased of accosting her on the way home after a misunderstanding between them.
“It resulted in a fight and the defendant said someone gave her a knife and ordered her to stab the deceased on the neck.”
The offences, according to the prosecution, contravene Sections 124 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
Awana asked the court to remand the offender at the correctional facility, pending the issuance of advice from the DPP.
The magistrate ordered her remanded at the Ondo State Juvenile Home in Akure pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP.
Credit: Vanguard
