A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has ordered the remand of the driver who allegedly crushed a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Esu Rita Ema, to death recently.
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The Osun State Police Command arraigned the driver, Lasisi Sodiq, on Monday and charged him with a six-count charge, including driving without a license, lack of roadworthiness, and causing the death of the female undergraduate, Ema.

According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Akintunde Jacob, Sodiq, while driving a Lexus car, caused the death of Ema on August 22, 2024, opposite the OAU main gate in Ile-Ife.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
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The defense counsel, Leke Dada, applied for the bail of the accused, but the presiding Magistrate, A. O. Sarumi, asked the defense to furnish the court with a formal bail application.

Sarumi then ordered that Sodiq be remanded in the Correctional Centre and adjourned the matter till October 2 for mention.

The final year student of the Department of Foreign Languages, with Matriculation Number FRM/2019/041, was reportedly on her way to the campus to submit her final year project to her supervisor when she was crushed to death while crossing the Ife-Ibadan road near the campus gate.

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