13 Suspected Killers of Kwara Monarch Remanded

Date: 2024-02-15

A Kwara State Magistrate's Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday ordered that the 13 suspects charged with the alleged murder of the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local Government Area of the state, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, be remanded at a Federal Correctional Service facility in Ilorin, the state capital.

The suspects were arraigned for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, kidnapping and giving false information contrary and punishable under Sections 97, 221 and 178 of the Penal Code Law of Kwara State, Nigeria and Section (1) Special Prohibition Kidnapping Law of Kwara State 2010.

Those charged before the court are Godwin Jacob, Olowofela Oyebanji, Adefalolu Ayodele, Tewasie Francis, Babatunde Samuel, Godwin Joseph, Issa Number and Miracle Solomon,

Others include Abraham Kehinde, Muhammed Bello, Muhammed Muhammed, Ahmadu Umaru and Muhammed Dankai.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the Police First Information Report said one Aremu Adeyemi reported the case of the murder of Olukoro to the Eruku Police Division.

“The suspects pointed a gun at him, ordering him to follow them when he challenged them after noticing their movement around his grandson.

“He said his grandson escaped through the backdoor while the suspects proceeded to kill the monarch, kidnapped his wife and one Mercy,” the FIR quoted Adeyemi as saying.

The police prosecutor, Abdullah Sanni, informed the court of the motion ex parte attached to the police report, urging it to remand the suspects.

In her ruling, the Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Monisola Kamson, ordered that the suspects should be remanded at the Federal Correctional Centre, Ilorin while the case was adjourned till March 5, 2024 for further hearing.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWATMA     John Mayokun Dada     Yomi Ogunsola     Kola Bukoye     Mary Kemi Adeosun     FOMWAN     Henry Makinwa     Saheed Popoola     Zulu Gambari     Ayinke Saka     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Saadu Yusuf     NIRSAL     Ajidagba     Kishira     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Third Estate     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Bamidele Aluko     Sarah Alade     University Road     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Facebook     Tanke Road     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Dagbalodo     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Bature Bello     Yusuf Aiyedun     National Party Of Nigeria     Kwara Restoration Project     IsDB     Olusegun Adeniyi     Pategi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Tunji Moronfoye     Sunday Fagbemi     International Vocational Centre     Kabir Shagaya     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Olusola Saraki     Ilorin South     Baba Idris     Matthew Babaoye     Kaiama     Gobirawa     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Oniwa     Kolawole Bashirat     Mohammed Danjuma     Sadiq Buhari     Mamman Saba Jibril     Mohammed Lawal     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Mustapha Akanbi     Memunat Monsuma     Sa\'adu Salau     Abdulwaheed Musa     Yaru     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Lai Gobir     Alfa Yahaya Road     Abraham Ojo     Idris Amosa Saidu     Mashood Dauda     Mary Arinde     Sidikat Alaya     PPS     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abubakar Aliagan     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Saliu Ajia     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Baakini     Yahaya Seriki     Bello John Olanrewaju     Biliaminu Aliu     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Anilelerin     Siraj Oyewale     Ajia-Bako     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Quran     Dogara     Kwara Hotel     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Mamman Saba Jibril     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ahmed     Haliru Dantoro     Photo News     Daud Adeshola     Offa Poly     Rafiu Ajakaye     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Femi Agbaje     Yoruba     Baruten     Valsolar     Fulani     Taofeek Sanusi     Aliyu Muhammed     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Government High School Adeta     Bashir Adigun     Sardauna     Rebecca Bake     Kwara Volleyball Association     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Senate Presidency     Aliyu Muyideen     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Maryam Ado Bayero     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Lola Ashiru     Amina El-Imam     Muhammadu Buhari     James Ayeni     Kaiama     Suwa-Arabs     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Sadiq Umar     Saka Abimbola Isau     KWACOBPA     Post Utme     NYSC     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Emmanuel Bello     Baba-Isale     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     David Adesina     Olofa Of Offa     Yakub Lai Gobir     Col. Adedipe     Sherif Shagaya     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Logun     Okin High School     Tunde Akanbi     Abraham Ojo     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Tosho Yaqub     Shehu Adaramaja