An Ondo State Magistrate Court sitting in Akure has ordered the remand of a man, Ahmed Toheed, accused of raping and killing his grandmother, Mrs. Mulikat Sanni, in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
According to the police, the 30-year-old carpenter committed the offence on September 29, 2025, at Onisere Street, Ore.
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Police prosecutor Augustine Omhenimhen told the court that Toheed accused his grandmother of witchcraft and blamed her for his misfortunes before strangling her to death and having unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
The charge sheet read:
“That you, Ahmed Toheed, on September 29, 2025, at about 10 pm, at Onisere Street, Ore, in the Ondo State Magisterial District, did unlawfully strangle one Mulikat Sanni, aged 64 years, to death, and did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of her, thereby committing offences contrary to and punishable under Sections 319 and 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.”
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, but the court did not take his plea.
The prosecutor asked the court to remand the suspect in custody pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
However, defense counsel Benjamin Adeyanju requested an adjournment to allow him to file a counter-affidavit.
In her ruling, Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi ordered that the defendant be remanded at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Akure.
She adjourned the case to October 13, 2025, for further hearing.