In Ibadan, Two Teenagers Gang-Rape Female To Death

Yusuf Adesola, 19, and Folarin Samsudeen, 19, were remanded in custody by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday for the alleged murder of a victim they gang-raped.

The defendants, who live in the Lalupon area of Ibadan, have been charged with conspiracy and murder, according to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN).

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Insp. Sikiru Opaleye, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendants, Adesola and Samsudeen, conspired to commit murder.

According to Opaleye, the duo allegedly unlawfully accelerated the death of one Bidemi Akinsoji, a female, between January 20 and February 10 by having forceful carnal knowledge of her.

He said Adesola and Samsudeen allegedly recorded the act of rape of the victim on their cell phone and sent it on Facebook for the public to view.

Opaleye said the offence was contrary to Section 311 and punishable under sections 319 and 324 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State 2000.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who rejected the plea of the defendants due to lack of jurisdiction ordered their remand at Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo Town.

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Ogunkanmi said the remand was pending the outcome of the advice on the case file by the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

She adjourned the matter until April 4, for further mention, NAN reports.