One of the four teenagers acussed of killing and burning the head of a female girlfriend for money ritual in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Wariz Oladeinde , 17, has been set free.
Chief Magistrate , I .O Abudu sitting in Abeokuta on Monday, said the judgement was based on the advice by the state Director of Public Prosecution, DPP.
Four teenagers, Balogun Mustakeem, Majekodunmi Soliudeen, Abdulgafa Lukman and Wariz Oladeinde, had been arraigned and remanded in Oba correctional centre in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of the State for the gruesome murder of Sofiat Oke-Owo .
They were arrested on January 28, at Oke-Aregba, Kugba, Abeokuta after allegedly killing and severing the skull of Oke-Owo who was a girlfriend to Soliudeen Majekodunmi .
The Chief magistrate said "Wariz Oladeinde, who is 17-year-old has been discharged on the legal advice received from the state Director of Public Prosecution".
According to the magistrate , "no charge was recorded against Oladeinde in the legal advice".
He said he based his judgement on the investigation by the police which proved his innocence in the crime .
The prosecution had alleged that the four teenagers had conspired to kill Oke-Owo who was a girlfriend to Majekodunmi .
The magistrate had also remanded the four teenagers at the Oba centre since February 3, pending the legal advice from DPP.
The matter had been adjourned till April 22 for further hearing of the charges against the three teenagers.