JUDICIARY
Court Remands 3 over Alleged killing of Farmer in Kwara
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court remanded three accused at the correctional facility in the Kwara capital on Thursday over murder charges.
They were charged with the murder of one, Jamiu Ibrahim, 45, in a robbery operation.
The accused are Isiaka Sabi, Hassan Bature and Ardo Umaru.
State prosecution counsel, Mr Thomas Adebayo, had earlier told the court that the three suspects conspired and killed Ibrahim of Idofin in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state on June 29.
He said the incident was reported at Oke-Ero Police Station, but investigation was transferred the state Criminal Investigation Department, Ilorin, on July 7.
He said the accused took their victim from his room on the farm settlement at midnight on June 29, to a guinea corn farm where he was shot and abandoned to die in a pool of his own blood.
Adebayo told the court that investigation revealed that the accused killed Ibrahim on the invitation of one Sabi Isiaka, a farm labourer working for Ibrahim because he did not give him money.
He added that efforts made by members of a vigilance group at Oke-Ero led to the arrest of the accused.
He said that during interrogation, Isiaka confessed to have conspired with his gang, including Janyo Dogo and Ahiyah, who are still at large to rob the deceased.
Counsel to the complainant, Shuaib Oniye urged the court to remand the suspects in prison, pending the conclusion of police investigation.
Presiding Magistrate Aminat Mogaji granted the application and ordered that the accused be kept in custody until Sept. 1 when the case would be mentioned again. (NAN)
JUDICIARY
Court Remands Landlord for Alleged Defilement of Tenant’s Daughter
A family court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Musibau Lamidi, 50, for alleged defilement of his tenant’s six-year-old daughter.
The Magistrate, Mrs S. A . Adesina, ordered that the landlord should be kept at the Agodi custodial facility pending advice from Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Adesina did not take the landlord’s plea.
She adjourned the case until April 25 for mention.
Reports says that Musibau, a resident of Olode, Ibadan, was charged on one-count of defilement.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji, told the court that the defendant, on March 13, between 8. 00 a.
m. and 4.00 p.m. defiled his tenant’s daughter.Adedeji said that Musibau had an issue with the child’s mother and asked her to pack out.
The prosecutor said that when the woman went to look for a house to rent, the defendant defiled her daughter.
She said that the offence contravened Section 34 of the Oyo State Child Right’s
Law of 2006. (NAN)
JUDICIARY
4 Friends Docked for Allegedly Threatening Cleric’s Life
Four friends were on Monday docked in a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan for allegedly threatening the life of pastor Charles Gold.
The police charged Olatunji Musibau, 44;Abiodun Folarin, 50; Kazeem Oluremi, 60 and Yusuf Sodiq, 23, with conspiracy and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Philip Amusan, told the court that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on March 8, at about 2 p.
m., at New Bodija Area in Ibadan.Amusan alleged that the defendants and others at large, threatened violence against pastor Gold, of Echo Evangelical Ministry Ibadan.
He said the offence contravened the probisions of sections 516 and 383 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The defendants however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Court President, Mrs Moji Aworemi, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N150, 000 each and one surety each in like sum.
Aworemi held that the surety must be a blood relation to the defendants.
She adjourned the case until April 29, for mention. (NAN)
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2 Teenagers in Court for Allegedly Stealing Sewing Machine
Two teenagers, Simor Aaron, 19, and Francis David, 18, were arraigned on Wednesday before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and other items worth N325,000.
The defendants, both residents of High-Cost Narayi, Kaduna, are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, to which they pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on March 11, at Barnawa Kaduna.
According to Leo, the duo burgled a tailoring shop of one Gladys Peter and stole her sewing machine, six wrappers, and four clothing materials all valued at N325,000.
The prosecutor stated that the defendants were caught and handed over to the police by members of the vigilante group on patrol in the area.
Leo said that the offences contravened Sections 281 and 217 of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017, which stipulates a three-year jail term for stealing and two years imprisonment for conspiracy.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, who must be gainfully employed.
Emmanuel adjourned the case until April 22, for hearing. (NAN)