An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Friday remanded five men, Ademola Temitope, Obaleye Mayode, James Oluwafemi, Jamiu Idris and Ochim Godwin, at a correctional centre over an alleged murder.
Ademola Temitope, 20, Obaleye Mayode, 50; James Oluwafemi, 40; Jamiu Idris, 21 and Ochim Godwin, 23, are facing trial over the alleged murder of a resident, Oluwaseun Emeka.
The Prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on July 27 at Ado-Ekiti.
Oriyomi said that the defendants and others now at large attacked and killed Emeka under the pretext that he was a thief and terror in the community.
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He said that the offence contravened Section 234 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
The Defence Counsel, Mr Stephen Ademuagun, Mr Toyin Oluwole and Mr Sunday Balogun, prayed the court to grant their clients bail, and promised that they would not jump bail..
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, declined taking the defendants’ plea for want of jurisdiction.
He ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice, and adjourned the case until Aug. 28 for mention.
(NAN)
