Kwara Community Chief Nabbed Over Rape, Murder Of 2 Women

Date: 2022-04-08

A community leader in Kwara State who goes by the title, Ojoko of Odo Owa in Oke-Ero LGA, Chief Bunmi Popoola, has been arraigned for raping and killing two women.

According to the first information report (FIR), the chief committed the offenses in 2015.

The charge sheet noted that the matter was reported to the police through a petition by the Oloota of Odo Owa, Oba Joshua Adegbuyi Oluwatoba.

The monarch according to the report, said one Gbemisola Ajayi accused the defendant of sexual harassment in 2015 under the guise of assisting her when she served as an apprentice to his wife.

The report reads in part: "Chief Popoola had carnal knowledge of her without her consent and thereafter used a white handkerchief to clean her private part for spiritual purpose and threatened her not disclose what transpired between them to anybody or else she will run mad or lose her life. She later died.

"Similarly, one Ajoke Bamidele also reported that Chief Popoola forcefully had sexual intercourse with her and used a white handkerchief to clean her private part under the guise of assisting her spiritually.

"Ajoke later became ill, and while on the verge of losing her life, Chief Popoola, who claims to be a herbalist, after admitting to both crimes in the presence of chiefs in the palace and family relations, promised to cure her.

"After spending two days at Chief Popoola's residence, Ajoke died and the occurrence angered the youths of the community who set his house ablaze."

The prosecutor, Zacchaeus Folorunsho, told the court that Chief Popoola had confessed that he gave Gbemisola a black soap to boost business and also gave her N5,000 as transport fare to Lagos State.

Folorunsho said, "Following the two incidents, Chief Popoola was given an indefinite suspension as the Ojoko of Odo Owa."

He then urged the remand of the accused to allow time for the police to complete their investigation.

The magistrate, however, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 and adjourned the case to April 25.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Just Event Online     Akorede     Bankole Omishore     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Mahee Abdulkadir     Christopher Ayeni     Femtech     Edret Sabi Abel     Dumagi     Elerin Of Adanla     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Yakub Ali-Agan     Federal Allocation     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Ndama Al-hassan     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Yakubu Danladi     Mansur Alfanla     David Oyedepo     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Shuaib Olarongbe     CCEPE     Egbewole     T And K FOODS     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Alao Ayotunde     Ilorin International Airport     Ayo Opadokun     Arinola Lawal     Sodiya     Aliyu Alhassan     Sam Onile     Ifelodun     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Bisi Oyeleke     Olusola Saraki     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     SARS     Olosi Of Osi     Bello Bature     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     College Of Health     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Galadiman Ngeri     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Ita-Nmo Market     Makama     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     JMK Construction Company Limited     Khairat Gwadabe     Kolawole Bashirat     Umar Adelodun     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Arik     Pategi     Dankaka     Olatunde Jare     Abioye Bello     Wahab Isa     Kayode Bankole     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     United Nigeria Airline     Ibrahim Abikan     Wahab Egbewole     GRA     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     A.O. Belgore    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Umaru Saro     GANZY     Oke Sunna     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Mohammed Abduraheem     Ndama Al-hassan     AGILE Programme     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Funmilayo Zubair     Moshood Bakare     Folorunsho Alao     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Lola Olabayo     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ilesha-Baruba     Saraki     Lukman Adeloyin     March 18     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Hassanat Bello     Tunji Arosanyin     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Ayobami Akanbi     Reuben Paraje     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Buhari     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Transition Implementation Committee     Tunde Akanbi     Lotus Bank     Mohammed Ibrahim     2023 Elections     Simon Sayomi     Madawaki     Omoniyi Ayinla     Adeleke Ogungbe     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Jide Ashonibare     Olabode Towoju     Ilorin General Hospital     Abdulwaheed Musa     All Peoples Party     Saliu Ajia     Jani Ibrahim     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Saba Mamman Daniel     Ayodele Shittu     Sabi     Abatemi Usman     Bola Tinubu     Saka Isau     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Sebastine Obasi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Mustapha Olanipekun     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Jaiz Bank     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kulende     National Pilot     Yashikira     Garment Factory     Oladimeji Thompson     Bamidele Aluko     Alapansapa     Bola Magaji     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     IF-K     Kwara Central     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu