Date: 2020-06-25

A 20-year-old boy, Nasiru Sarki, is currently in Mandala Custodial Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly raping a cattle rearer (name withheld) in Lade, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, to death.

It was gathered that a brother of the deceased, Ibrahim Mohammed, reported the matter to the police after the cattle she took out for grazing returned to the camp without her.

The search team raised by the community was said to have found the lifeless body of the deceased in the bush.

The alleged rapist was arraigned at the magistrate court, Ilorin, for the offence of rape and culpable homicide contrary to section 283 and 221 of penal code law.

The state prosecutor, Ayeni Gbenga, informed the court that the defendant was arraigned with motion exparte, and urged it to administer the law in discharging its discretionary power over the matter.

The alleged rapist was apprehended through the handset he snatched from the deceased after allegedly raping her.

He was reported to have confessed to committing the crime during police interrogation.

Magistrate Monisola Kamson, who had earlier declined taking the defendant's plea for lack of jurisdiction, adjourned the matter to 13th July, 2020.