MURDER: 13 year old kills fellow teenager with broken bottle

Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, has remanded a 13-year-old boy, name withheld, for allegedly stabbing another teenager to death with a broken bottle.

In the trial that took place on Monday, the News Agency of Nigeria informed that the court rejected the defendant's bargain for a plea and is facing a count of murder.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Adeola Adedayo, remanded the defendant at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys, Oregun, and adjourned the case till January 29, 2020.

Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on December 15, at 6 am at Iyana-Oba, Orange Market, Ojo.

He said the defendant used a broken bottle to stab the deceased, simply identified as Nnamdi, in the chest.

According to him, the offence contravened Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.