An Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday ordered the remand of a Sales Representative, Opeyemi Oginni, 18, in the Agodi Correctional Centre for alleged murder of his female colleague.
The Chief Magistrate, Patricia Adetuyibi, did not take the plea of the Sales Representative for want of jurisdiction.
Adetuyibi ordered his remand at Agodi Correctional Centre, Agodi, Ibadan.
Adetuyibi adjourned the matter until February 9, 2022 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Folake Ewe, told the court that Oginni on November 5, 2022 at about 9am at Ipapo area, Okaka in Oyo State caused the death of his colleague, a 15-year-old girl.
Ewe said the suspect and others were hawkers of the ”New Life” supplement.
The police said that Oginni found a gun on the road and shot at his colleague, injured her in the thigh, which led to her death.
The offence, she said, contravenes Section 316 and is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.