A 35-year-old man, James Emmanuel, who was accused of raping his colleague, 55-year-old Deborah Abiodun, to death, was on Thursday ordered remanded in prison.
The remand order was issued by an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Emmanuel was arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing Abiodun, his co-worker at the Oke-Odu Area, of Akure on January 17, 2024.
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He was accused of having raped the woman to death and dumping her corpse in a waste pit after hitting her with a stone on the head to ensure she was dead.
The police prosecutor, Josephine Anwana, told the court that the suspect committed the offence on January 17, 2024 at about 11pm.
Anwana said the an offence was contrary to Section 357 and punishable under Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
The charge sheet read: “That you, James Emmanuel, ‘m’, on the 17th day of January 2024 at about 11.00pm at Ilere, on Ijare Road, Akure in the Akure Magisterial District, did rape Deborah Abiodun, ‘f’, aged 55 years old and thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 357 and punishable under Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
“That you, James Emmanuel, ‘m’, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did kill one Deborah Abiodun ‘F’ by hitting her with a stone on her head and dumping her corpse inside a waste pit and thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”
The Chief Magistrate, F. A. Aduroja, ordered that the defendant be remanded in the correctional centre in Ondo town and adjourned the trial till March 27, 2024.
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