Court Remands 15-year-old Student Who Allegedly Stabbed Schoolmate To Death In Ondo

A 15-year-old female secondary school student, Sandra Usman, was on Tuesday, remanded by a Chief Magistates’ Court in Akure, for allegedly stabbing her schoolmate,  Habib Salau, aged 17, to death over a misunderstanding.

Chief Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, who did not take the plea of the young offender, ordered her remand at the Ondo State Juvenile Home, in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

Sandra, an SS3 student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, is facing trial for allegedly stabbing Salau with a knife during a scuffle between them outside the premises of their school, after school hours.

The defendant was brought on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.

Police Prosecutor, Josephine Awana, had earlier informed the court that the young offender and one other at large, on October 3,  at about 3:30 pm at Imo, Arigidi Akoko, conspired to commit murder.

She alleged that  Sandra killed Salau by stabbing him with a knife during a fight between them.

“Sandra accused the deceased of accosting her on the way home after a misunderstanding between them,” the prosecutor told the court.

"It resulted in a fight and the defendant said someone gave her a knife and ordered her to stab the deceased in the neck.”

The offences, according to the prosecution, contravene Sections 124 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

Awana urged the court to remand the offender at the correctional facility, pending the issuance of advice from the DPP.

Magistrate Odenusi-Fadeyi granted the prosecution’s request to remand the young offender and adjourned the case till February 2, 2025, for mention.