Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, the Chief Magistrate of Ondo State, has ordered the remand of Arigidi Akoko, a 15-year-old female student at Anglican Grammar School, for allegedly fatally stabbing her 17-year-old colleague, Habib Salau.
Until the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, or DPP, the office could provide guidance; the magistrate ordered her to be kept at the Ondo State Juvenile Home in Akure.
However, the magistrate rejected her request.
The SS3 student is on trial for allegedly using a knife to attack Habib Salau, 17, who passed away, following an altercation between them after school.
The defendant was charged with two counts of murder and conspiracy when he appeared in court.
The juvenile criminal and another person at large conspired to murder on October 3 at around 3:30 p.m. at Imo, Arigidi Akoko, according to information previously provided to the court by Police Prosecutor Josephine Awana.
Awana said that during a struggle, the defendant killed Salau by stabbing him with a knife.
“The defendant accused the deceased of accosting her on the way home after a misunderstanding between them,” the prosecution informed the court.
“It resulted in a fight, and the defendant said someone gave her a knife and ordered her to stab the deceased in the neck.”
The prosecution claims that the charges violate Sections 124 and 319(1) of the Ondo State 2006 Criminal Code Laws.
To await the DPP’s advice, Awana requested that the court detain the criminal at the penitentiary facility.
