A 14-year-old boy named Marvelous Asefon is being held without bail after being accused of killing his neighbor, Sunday Ogele, by an Ondo State Magistrate Court in Akure, the state’s capital.
In a fight over a girlfriend in Oka Akoko, the state’s capital and the seat of Akoko South-West Local Government Area, in April, the deceased was fatally stabbed with a pair of scissors, according to reports. The defendant was subsequently detained by members of the State Police Command.
He was later charged with murder and arraigned in court.
According to the charge, “That you, Marvelous Asefon,’m’ did kill one Sunday Ogele,’m’ 17 years old, by stabbing him with scissors in his rib on April 20, Sunday, 2023 at 8:pm at Kanmu, Oka-Akoko in the Ondo State Magisterial District, which resulted in his death.”
The criminal offense, in accordance with the prosecution, violates Sections 319(1) and 316 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 2, Laws of Ondo State, 2016.
The defendant did, however, enter a not guilty plea to the charge, but the court did not accept his plea.
In a petition, the state’s director of public prosecutions, Martins Olowofeso, urged the court to remand the defendant to the state prison while it awaited his advice.
The case was postponed until June 11 so that the magistrate, Folashade Aduroja, could order the defendant’s continued detention.
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