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The Chief Magistrate , I .O Abudu in Abeokuta,Ogun state capital, has freed one of the four teenagers acussed of killing and burning the head of a female girlfriend for money ritual .
The magistrate court sitting in Abeokuta on Monday, said it based its judgement on the advice by the state Director of Public Prosecution .
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 for murder of Sofiat Oke-Owo .
They were arrested on January 28, at Oke-Aregba, Kugba , Abeokuta after killing and severing the skull of Oke-Owo who was a girlfriend of Majekodunmi .
Chief magistrate said Wariz Oladeinde , 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 th 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 .
