A 57 year old rape suspect, Sani Mohammed, on Tuesday died at the premises of the Chief Magistrate Court 2 in Yola, Adamawa state.
Late Sani, who was a butcher, and hailed from Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government Area in the state, had been in Yola prison for exactly one year for allegedly raping a minor.
NEWS PLATFORM learnt that the deceased had been very sick for about three (3) weeks before he was brought to court on Tuesday.
He was earlier dragged before Magistrate Japhet Ibrahim Basani, by the Commissioner of Police on the 24th August, 2020, and had been on holding charge before his demise on the 24th August, 2021.
The accused person died at the premises of the court while the court was being presided by Magistrate Basani, where his attention was drawn about the condition of the deceased, but before he could go out to see and give necessary orders, he only found the remains of the suspect on the ground.
It was as a result of that that the court presided by Magistrate Basani, wrote to the Controller Nigeria Correctional Centre Yola, where he intimated him about the incident for necessary action regarding the burial of the deceased.
The personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Centre Yola town, where the suspect was remanded and who brought him to court, took the corpse of the accused person and left the premises of the Magistrate court.
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