By DAYO JOHNSON
Akure— POLICE in Ondo State have arraigned a 25-year- old suspected serial rapist, Oluwaseun Falegbe, before an Akure Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and intent to commit felony.

This came as the wife of a traditional ruler, Oba Kasali Adedeji, the Olusupare of Supare-Akoko in Ondo State, Olori Sefiat Adedeji, was also docked before a Chief Magistrate’s Court for fighting publicly.

News of the suspect has been the talk of town in Akure metropolis following reports that he used to go around female dormitories of secondary schools to have carnal knowledge of the girls.

Police said he was arrested last week at a public secondary school where he was said to have gone for his illicit act.

Falegbe was said to have been on the wanted list of security operatives in the state for some time.

He was arrested by the security guards and students of Saint Peter’s Unity School about 2 am inside the female dormitory.

The suspect was said to have been armed with a knife and a liquid suspected to be acid.

Police prosecutor, Emmanuel Tanimowo,told the court that the suspect had been discovered to be the brain-behind the numerous rape cases and attempted rapes in the state capital at female dormitories.

The state counsel, Wale Bamisile, who has taken over the case in accordance with Section 211 of the 1999 Constitution, immediately applied for adjournment to enable the state regularise its position on the matter.

Chief Magistrate Olayinka Omole thereafter granted his oral application and ordered that the suspect be kept in prison custody till the date of the adjournment.

Mean time, Olori Adedeji was said to have publicly fought one Mrs. Comfort Awogbamila in the town on May 4.

The charge sheet stated that “you Comfort Awogbami and Olori Sefifat Adedeji that on May 4, about 8pm at Supare Magisterial District unlawfully involved yourself in fighting in  public at Ugbe Quarters, Supare-Akoko and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 83 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol 11, laws of Ondo State”.

At the mention of the matter, yesterday, the Police Prosecutor, Mr Steven Dickson, said he had four witnesses that would testify against the accused and that he was ready to proceed with the case.

However, counsel to the Olori, Mr. Bayo Olorunmeke, said he has not been served with the charge preferred against his client and that he would need to study the charge.