Two teenagers are detained in prison in Ekiti following an attempt to murder a young woman. The teenagers identified as Oluwatimilehin Afolabi and Kehinde Mustapha are aged 19.
According to the report, the young woman, Blessing, revealed she is a sex worker and a customer to one of the boys, Oluwatimilehin. Furthermore, she explained that Oluwatimilehin requested they meet around Ise Ekiti Road, Ikere Ekiti.
Eventually, they met while Timilehin stepped back and held by her neck in an attempt to take her life.
She lost her consciousness during the process and rescued by a passerby with blood gushing from her mouth when she regained consciousness.
“I am a commercial sex worker in a brothel at Ikere Ekiti, and Oluwatimilehin is my customer. On that day, he called me around 8.55 pm to meet him somewhere along Ise Ekiti Road, Ikere Ekiti, she said in her Police Statement.
“On getting there, I met him as agreed. We were going together when suddenly Timilehin moved back and held my neck from the back. He strangled me until I became unconscious. After some time, I regained consciousness with blood gushing out of my mouth. I was rescued by some passersby. Timilehin was later arrested, and he mentioned Kehinde as his herbalist.”
Both teenagers were arrested by the Police and remanded in Police custody for allegedly attempting to murder Blessing by an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti.
The charge read, “The defendants, on February 2, 2022, in Ikere Ekiti, did conspire and attempt to murder one 23-year-old Blessing, contrary to sections 516 and 320 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
However, the police prosecutor, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, explains why the court needs to remand the two defendants.
“Remanding them will allow the police to complete their investigation and forward the duplicate case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.”
In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Bankole Oluwasanmi, said, “The first and second defendants are to be taken to the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, and remanded there for a period of 30 days.”
He adjourned the matter till March 10 for mention.
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