AISHA ABUBAKAR
A 14-year old boy, Marvelous Asefon, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his 17-year-old neighbour, Sunday Ogele, to death for snatching his girlfriend in Ondo State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 20th April, 2023, in Oka-Akoko, area of the State, where they reside.
The suspect, Asefon, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court in Ondo State for murder.
The Police charged the teenager to Court on a count of murder.
Police Prosecutor, Matins Olowofeso, told the Court that the defendant killed one Sunday Ogele by stabbing him with scissors on his rib after a scuffle over a girlfriend.
The charge read in part, “That you, Marvelous Asefon, ‘m’ on April 20 Sunday, 2023 at 8:pm at Kanmu, Oka-Akoko in the Ondo State Magisterial District, did kill one Sunday Ogele ‘m’ 17 years old by stabbing him with scissors in his rib, which led to his death.”
The offence contravenes Section 319(1) and 316 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 2, Laws of Ondo State, 2016″.
The Court did not take his plea when he was arraigned after the prosecutor asked the Court to remand the defendant at the Correctional Centre pending the issuance of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP).
However, the defence counsel informed the Court that both parties involved are relations and that the father of the deceased had opted for settlement.
But the father of the victim, Mr. Ogele, told the Court that he has not been properly approached for any out-of-court settlement over the alleged murder.
The Presiding Magistrate, Folashade Aduroja, therefore, ordered the remand of the defendant and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP for advice.
The matter was adjourned till 11th June, 2023, for mention for the report of the DPP’s advice to be made available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.