Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Deji LamboThe Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba, on Wednesday, set free a 15-year-old girl, who was arraigned for murder. The teenager was arraigned on March 24, 2020, on one count of murder. PUNCH Metro had reported that the defendant stabbed one Babatunde Ishola to death while he was allegedly trying to rape her on March 7, 2020. The deceased, who was a friend to the defendant’s father, reportedly invited her to his house to assist him to fetch water and allegedly attempted to rape her. Magistrate Ojo held that the case lacked sufficient facts to establish a prima facie case of murder against the teenager.

Source: Punch June 11, 2020 00:02 UTC