Court Remands Teacher In Oyo Prison Over R3pe Of 14-Year-Old Student

 

Court Remands Teacher In Oyo Prison Over R3pe Of 14-Year-Old Student

A family court sitting in Ibadan judicial division, Oyo State, has ordered that a suspected r3pist; a teacher, Alayoteti Oyebode, accused of defiling a 14 years old student of the Federal Government Girls College, Oyo be remanded in Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town.

It would be recalled that the Oyo State Police Command had arraigned Alayoteti Oyebode, on a one-count charge bordering on having unlawful s3xual intercourse with a 14-year- old student of the school (name withheld).

At the resumed hearing of the matter on Thursday, counsel to the accused, Barrister Oluponna Tunde, said the accused was charged with rape rather than defilement of the child.

Meanwhile, the Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case, Kehinde Afolabi, from the Oyo state criminal investigation department, Iyaganku told the court that the prosecuting counsel never brought a rape case before the court, rather a case involving a minor which is purely defilement.

The court urged the prosecuting counsel to do further investigation on the allegation against the school teacher and return to the court on the adjourned date to substantiate its claims that the accused defiled a 14-year-old student.

Justice Adetunyibi consequently ordered that the accused be remanded at the Abolongo correctional centre and adjourned the matter till August 18, 2022, for hearing.