By Deborah Nnamdi
An Ondo State Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old artisan, Ahmed Toheed, for allegedly raping and killing his 64-year-old grandmother, Mulikat Sanni, in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
The incident reportedly occurred on September 29, 2025, around 10:00 p.m. at Onisere Street, Ore.
According to the police prosecutor, Augustine Omhenimhen, the accused, who works as a carpenter, accused his grandmother of witchcraft and blamed her for his misfortunes before allegedly strangling her to death and having unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
The charge sheet read in part: “That you, Ahmed Toheed ‘m, on September 29, 2025, at about 10 p.m., at Onisere Street, Ore, in the Ondo State Magisterial District, did unlawfully strangle one Mulikat Sanni ‘f’, aged 64 years, to death. And did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of her, thereby committing offences contrary to and punishable under Sections 319 and 358 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.”
Given the capital nature of the offences, the court did not take the defendant’s plea. The prosecutor thereafter requested that Toheed be remanded pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Defence counsel, Benjamin Adeyanju, asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to file a counter-affidavit.
Presiding Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi granted the prosecution’s request and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The case was adjourned until October 13, 2025, for further hearing.
