14-year-old docked for stabbing neighbour to death over girlfriend
•Man in court for biting his mother severally, attempting to kill her A 14-year old boy, (name withheld as he is a minor) who allegedly stabbed his 17-year-old neighbour, Sunday Ogele, to death following tussle over a girlfriend, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrates’ court. The Police charged the teenager to court on a count of murder. Police Prosecutor, Matins Olowofeso, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 20, 2023 at Oka-Akoko, area of the state. According to Olowofeso, the defendant killed one Sunday Ogele by stabbing him with a scissors in his rib after a scuffle over girlfriend. The charge read in part, “That you …. , ‘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 a 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 ...