Labourer remanded for raping co-worker to death

A magistrates’ court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 35-year-old man, James Emmanuel, in prison for allegedly raping his co-worker, a 55-year-old woman, Deborah Abiodun, to death on a poultry farm at about 11pm on January, 2024, in the Oke-Odu area of Akure.

The prosecutor, Inspector Anwana Josephine, told the court that the defendant, after allegedly raping Ms Abiodun to death, hit her with a stone on the forehead and dumped her corpse inside a waste pit.

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Magistrate, F A Aduroja, adjourned the case to March 27, after ordering the remand.