The prime suspect arrested in the murder of an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Professor Funmilola Adefolalu has been remanded at the Children Correctional Centre in Minna.

The suspect, 14-year-old Joy Afekafe was arraigned before a Minna Chief Magistrate Court on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and armed robbery.

The prosecutor told the Chief Magistrate, Fati Hassan Umar that two other suspects in the crime identified as Wallex and Smart are still at large.

The prosecutor pleaded with the court to remand the accused to the Correctional Centre to enable the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution in the Ministry of Justice for legal advice as he pointed out that the Chief Magistrate Court does not have the jurisdiction to try the case.

When the charges were read to the suspect, she pleaded not guilty to the crime.

Chief Magistrate Umar directed that Afekafe should be remanded at the Children Correctional Centre because she is 14 years of age before adjourning the case to 11th of December for further mention.

The Nation had reported that the suspect had been arrested following her involvement in the murder of the deceased Associate Professor who employed her as a housemaid.

Afekafe during interrogation had said that she led two other suspects who were still at large to the deceased house where she and the others beat up the deceased with the two boys stabbing her with knives.

The Prosecutor while recounting the case further said that the suspect and her accomplices had carted away $3000, one laptop computer, one mobile phone, two power banks, and a car battery. (The Nation)

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