Court Frees 15-Year-Old Girl Who Killed Her Father’s 51-Year-Old Friend Who Attempted To Rape Her

A Yaba Magistrate Court on Wednesday June 10, 2020 discharged and acquitted the 15 year-old girl (names withheld) accused of killing her father’s friend, Babatunde Ishola.

Ishola, 51, had tried to rape her at his Aboru, Lagos residence on March 7, 2020.

Magistrate Philip Adebowale Ojo struck out the murder charge filed against the SS3 student, following advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).