Court Detains BRT Driver For Claimed Rape, Death Of Passenger
Court Detains BRT Driver For Claimed Rape, Death Of Passenger
A High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, be remanded in a correctional centre. THE GUARDIAN reports.The Lagos State Government charged Ominnikoron with four counts bordering on conspiracy, murder and rape. Information Guide NigeriaAccording to THE GUARDIAN, Justice Sherifat Sonaike ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Nigerian Correction Service in Ikoyi.See Other Top News:
Sonaike adjourned the case until May 9 for trial and Earlier, the Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP), Dr Jide Martins, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Nov.25, 2021and Feb. 26, at Lekki Conservation Centre, Lekki-Ajah Expressway and Carter bridge, Lagos.
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The DPP said that on Feb. 26, the defendant conspired with others still at large and killed a 22-year-old BRT passenger and threw her out of a moving bus.
He said that the defendant also raped the passenger. jamb results
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 165, 223, 260 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Martins said: ”In view of the defendant’s plea, we will be asking for a date for trial and for the defendant to be further remanded at the correctional centre”.
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