An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has remanded one Sunday Shodipe, 19, at Abolongo Correctional Centre over the alleged killing of one Funmilayo Oladeji in Akinyele, Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Shodipe, a resident of Akinyele area, Ibadan, was charged with one count charge of murder.
The Senior Magistrate, Patricia Adetuyibi, who did not take his plea, ordered him to be remanded at the Correctional Centre, pending advice from the state Ministry of Justice.
Adetuyibi adjourned the case till October 26 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Sergeant Salewa Ahmed, told the court that Shodipe on August 13 at about 2:30pm in Moniya area of Akinyele Local Government Area allegedly caused the death of Oladeji, 45, by hitting her with a plank on her forehead.
Ahmed said the offence contravened section 316 and punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol.II, Laws of Oyo State 2000.
NAN reports that Shodipe had earlier confessed to the killing of five persons, including Barakat, a student of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan,
The accused was apprehended along with others and remanded at a police station before he escaped from custody and caused the death of the woman the same day, before he was re-arrested and re-arraigned.