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An Islamic cleric, Abdulaziz Jamiu, has been remanded in Mandala Minimum Prison, Ilorin for attempting to hypnotise a female student in order to rape her.
Jamiu, 34, of Oke-Awo Compound, Okeya in Ifelodun Local Government of Kwara State, was arraigned at the Ilorin Magistrate court on Wednesday and charged under section 217 and 95 of the Penal Code.
The girl is said to be an Industrial Microbiolgy student of a tertiary institution in the state.
Jamiu was alleged to have charmed the student and commanded her to follow him to his office at Oke-Awo, Compound, Okeya where he ordered her to strip naked.
The suspect was alleged to have shaved her pubic hair with a razor blade in his office and gave her a powder-like substance to rub on her private part.
Delivering her ruling on the bail request, Magistrate Shade Lawal ordered the suspect to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the matter to March 30 for further mention.