Court Remands SS3 Student For Alleged Murder Of Colleague

A 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, has been remanded at the Ondo State Juvenile Home, for allegedly stabbing her colleague, Habib Salau, aged 17, to death.

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has ordered the remand pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

The magistrate, however, did not take her plea.

Akoko, a SS3 student, is standing trial for allegedly stabbing the 17-year-old deceased, Habib Salau, with a knife during a agreement between them after school hours.

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The defendant was charged to court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.

Meanwhile, the Police Prosecutor, Josephine Awana, had earlier informed the court that the young offender and one other at large, on October 3, about 3:30p.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 told the court, “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.