A Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has granted an ex-parte motion to remand Afolabi Oluwatimilehin (19) and Mustapha Kehinde (19) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti for 30 days.
Caption: The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale said, remanding the defendants will allow Police complete their investigation and forward to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
In her statement to the Police, the victim stated that she was a commercial sex worker in a brothel at Ikere Ekiti where the 1st defendant patronised her.
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She claimed that the suspect called her to meet him at an agreed location where he strangled her but was rescued by some passers-by.
Timilehin was later arrested and named Kehinde Mustapha as his herbalist.
The case has been adjourned to March 10, 2022 for mention.
Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie
