- By Halimah Olamide
No fewer than twenty-five suspects of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, have been arraigned over the killing of one of the varsity’s student, Alex Timileyin.
The security guard, Femi Oladoye, and the others were charged with conspiracy and murder.
Recall that the deceased was beaten on May 24 over alleged phone theft by the suspects at his residence on the school premises from 6pm on Friday to 10am on Saturday.
The Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, did not take their pleas for want of jurisdiction.
She directed the police to return the case file to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.
Ogunkanmi adjourned the case until July 8 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, CSP Funke Fawole, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on May 24 at 9.00 p.m. in the university.
Fawole alleged that the defendants unlawfully caused the death of a 22-year-old student, Mr Jefry Akro, by beating him with planks and wire.
She alleged that Oladoye and a male porter in the university, Kehinde Olabusuyi (one of the suspects), failed to rescue Akro from aggrieved students who eventually beat him to death.
She said that the offences contravened Sections 516 and 324 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.