Sad: Read What 51-Year-Old Man Did To 4 Female Primary School Children.

 

A 51-year-old Teacher has been remanded by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court sitting in Ekiti state on Monday, October 26, over accusations that he d’ efiled four pupils.

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The accused- Mathew Oluyede was arraigned on a single count charge of defilement.

In an earlier testament, the prosecuting officer, Sgt. Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that Oluyede committed the offence between Monday, October 19 and Wednesday, Oct. 21 at Ayetoro-Ekiti in Ido council area of the state.

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According to Oriyomi’s account, the victims were between the ages of two and nine.

The prosecutor prayed the court to remand the accused in prison, stressing that the offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti, 2012.

Taiwo Ajibade, the presiding magistrate, did not take the plea of the accused.

Ajibade ordered that the 51-year-old be remanded in an Ado-Ekiti prison until the next date of adjournment.

The judge directed that the case file should be duplicated and sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

Pending the DPP’s advice, the accused will be remanded in prison till the case is heard again on Tuesday, November 17.

In recent times, security officials and health operatives have reported and increase in cases of ra’ pe, especially incidents involving the defilement of minors.

Only recently, a 55-year-old pastor, Jacob Ojomo, was apprehended by the Ondo state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

He was arrested for allegedly having c’ arnal knowledge of a 15 year-old girl.