An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a 12-year-old boy in a juvenile home for allegedly stabbing two brothers in the hand and shoulder in the state.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, on Wednesday, ruled that “the defendant is a juvenile and shall be tried at the juvenile court. He is hereby ordered remanded at the juvenile home” as he adjourned the case till August 16 for mention.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, had told the court that the defendant (minor) committed the offence on August 10 at about 8 a.m. at the Omi Olori area in Ado Ekiti.
Oriyomi alleged that “the defendant assaulted two siblings – Toheeb Adeitan and Tajudeen Adeitan- by beating them and stabbing them on the hand and shoulder.”
