Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arraigned a 32-year-old man, Emmanuel Fasuyi, in a Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for allegedly killing his 65-year-old neighbour, Grace Ogunsulire, after stealing from her house.
The police charged Fasuyi, who resides in Ondo city, with one count of murder.
At the hearing of the case on Wednesday, the Prosecuting Counsel, Owolabi Edu, told the court that the offence was committed on September 16, 2024, at about noon at No 1 Oke-Itura Street, Yaba, Ondo City.
He alleged that Fasuyi gruesomely killed the 65-year-old woman by hitting her head with an object.
According to Edu, the defendant broke into the house of the deceased with the intention to steal without knowing that she was indoors.
According to the prosecutor, after the defendant sighted the deceased coming out of her bathroom and identified him, the defendant immediately approached her and hit her with an object on the head, which eventually led to her death.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law of Ondo State 2006.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant at the correctional centre pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The Magistrate, Mrs R.I Adelakin, adjourned the case till February 25, 2025, for hearing of the application and ruling and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the State Criminal Investigation (SCID), Akure.
