Primary 5 Pupil Allegedly Commits Suicide in Ondo

Awal Osisi, a 13-year old primary five pupil on Wednesday committed suicide in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

Awal was allegedly found in his parents’ room hanging by the door via a belt he had used to hang himself. His step mother Mrs Rukayat Osisi reportedly raised alarm at about 10.00am when she discovered the dangling body of the boy in the room. She then brought down the body before going to ‘A’ Division of the Ondo state police command at about 1.35 pm to report the alleged suicide.

Rukayat said she discovered the body of the boy in the room after he hanged himself with a belt tied to the handle of the door. She said she had to remove the corpse of the deceased and take it to the State specialist hospital in Akure before reporting the incident at the police station.

12-year-old Boy in Court over alleged defilement of 3-year-old child

A 12-year-old boy was on Monday arraigned before an Abule-Egba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old minor.

The accused, who lives at No. 4, Ajakaiye St., Agege, Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of rape.

The Prosecutor, Inspector Racheal Williams, told the court that the offence was committed at the accused’s residence on Dec. 2.

“The accused is neither a student nor learning any trade. He is living with his parents, while the victim is the daughter of his neighbour,” Williams said.

He said the accused carried the child into the bathroom and raped her.

“It was the cry of the child that attracted the child’s mother and the Police was alerted,” Williams said.