A carpenter, Ahmed Toheed, has been arraigned before an Akure Division of the Chief Magistrates’ Court, Oke Eda, Ondo State, for allegedly raping and killing his grandmother.

Toheed was accused of killing 64-year-old Mulikat Sanni on Onisere Street, Ore, the headquarters of the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state at about 10 p.m. penultimate Monday.

According to reports, the suspect allegedly raped and strangled the sexagenarian after accusing her of witchcraft and being responsible for his streak of bad luck.

The defendant, facing charges of rape and murder, was brought before Chief Magistrate Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi.

Prosecutor Augustine Omhenimhen told the court that Toheed overpowered the elderly woman, strangled her to death, and thereafter had canal knowledge of her.

The charge sheet reads 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 thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the **Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

“That you, Ahmed Toheed ‘m’, on the same date, time, and place, did unlawfully have canal knowledge of one Mulikat Sanni ‘f’, aged 64 years, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 357 and punishable under Section 358 of the same law.”

The court did not take the defendant’s plea.

The prosecutor, Omhenimhen, urged the court to remand the suspect pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

However, defence counsel Benjamin Adeyanju prayed the court for an adjournment to enable him file a counter-affidavit.

In her ruling, Magistrate Odenusi-Fadeyi ordered the remand of the defendant at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and adjourned the case to October 13 for further hearing. (The Nation)