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Court remands man, 27, over alleged defilement of 2 girls

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates‘ Court, on Tuesday, remanded one Taiwo Odetunde in a custodial centre over alleged defilement of two girls, aged 13 and 14.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adefumike Anoma, who did not take the plea of the defendant, ordered that he should be remanded pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Anoma, thereafter, adjourned the case till July 27 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on June 9, in Ado-Ekiti.
She said that the defendant defiled the two girls, who are friends, by promising to sow nose masks for them.
The prosecutor further explained that when the victims got to his house, he locked the door and threatened to kill them with a knife if they shouted and then had unlawful carnal knowledge of them one after the other.
Ikebuilo said that the intervention of a neighbor, who raised the alarm, led to Odetunde being apprehended.
According to her, the offence contravenes Section 2(2) of Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Amended Law, 2019.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant in a custodial centre, pending legal advice from the DPP’s office.
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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Osun State has raised concerns over the alleged recruitment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the state’s Amotekun Corps, claiming it threatens the safety of opposition members.
In a statement issued on Friday, APM Chairman, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, criticized the recruitment process, alleging that non-PDP applicants were deliberately screened out. He warned that Amotekun, originally created to enhance security, was being turned into a political tool.
“We are disturbed by the protest by well-meaning Osun residents who applied but were deliberately excluded because they are not PDP members,” Adebayo stated.
He further alleged that over 1,000 PDP members had been recruited into the corps, describing it as an attempt to silence opposition voices. According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a formality to cover up a pre-arranged selection process favoring ruling party members.
APM has called for the resignation of the Corps Commandant and Field Commandant of Amotekun, demanding an apology to the affected applicants and the people of the state. The party insisted that the security outfit must remain apolitical to maintain public trust.
Neither the Osun State Government nor the leadership of Amotekun has responded to the allegations as of the time of this report.
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