Sodiq OyelekeThe Lagos Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Yaba on Wednesday freed a 15-year-old teenager (name withheld) accused of killing her father’s friend, Babatunde Ishola, 51, while attempting to rape her. She was released based on the legal advice of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution that the “case lacked ingredients of murder”. C17, Vol.3 Laws of Lagos State”. The teenager was represented by the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender since the inception of the matter. The parents of the girl appreciated the Lagos State Government and OPD for coming to their “rescue with free legal services”.

Source: Punch June 10, 2020 17:12 UTC