An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State on Monday remanded a driver, Lasisi Sodiq, in a correctional facility for allegedly causing the death of an Obafemi Awolowo University student.
The 28-year-old driver was charged with driving against traffic, reckless driving, driving without licence and manslaughter.
Sodiq was also charged with driving without a certificate of insurance.
In a bench ruling, the Magistrate, Abosede Sarumi, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the correctional centre, pending bail application.
She also ordered the defence counsel, Leke Dada, to file a formal application for his client’s bail.
Sarumi adjourned the case until October 2 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Akintunde Jacob, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on August 22, at 10:30am opposite OAU main campus, under the pedestrian bridge on Ife/Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife.
Jacob, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said that the defendant drove a Lexus Car with Registration No. ABJ 427 LQ on a public highway without adherence to traffic laws.
He added that Sodiq drove recklessly and caused the death of Esu Ema, a student of OAU, Ile-Ife.
Jacob also said that the defendant drove dangerously and without a certificate of insurance.
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The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Section 18 Cap 146. Vol 2, Laws of Osun and Section 7 of the Road Traffic Law, Vol 6, Cap 115, Laws of Osun, 2002.
He said that the offences also contravened Sections 21(b), 27, 139 and 142 of Road Traffic Act, Cap 548, Laws of Nigeria, 2015.
Sodiq, however, pleaded not guilty.
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