By Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
A suspected rapist, Tope Ojolo, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court for robbing and raping a female student of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti.
Ojolo, 21, was arraigned in court by the police for the offences he committed on September 17 after the state police command had concluded its investigation. The accused on the said date conveyed the victim from the town but veered into the bush a few metres away from the college campus where he raped her and robbed her of some of her personal effects.
He turned himself in at the palace of the Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adejimi Adu, after a manhunt was launched for him, where the monarch handed him over to the police. The suspect had confessed to the crime at the Ikere Main Police Station and exhibits such as offensive weapons were recovered from him
At the court proceeding, police prosecutor, Sergeant Monica Ikebuilo, urged the court to grant her request to enable her send the duplicate file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
Defence counsel, Timi Omotoso, took date to approach the court for the bail of his client. The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Dolapo Akinsanya, ordered the remand of the suspect pending the issuance of the legal advice.
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