Magistrate Faola Michael of Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted an order to remand 33 year old Oke Abiodun at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti for murder.
The charge reads that the defendant is reasonably suspected to have committed offence of murder of one Ogunlana Bayo on 11th August, 2022 at Igbara- Odo in Ilawe Ekiti Magistrate District.
The offence is punishable under Section 234 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.
Delivering his ruling, Magistrate Michael Faola said, the defendant is hereby ordered to be remanded at the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti till the issuance of the Director of Public Prosecution’s opinion.
In his statement to the Police, the deceased elder brother, Ogunlana Tope said, he received a phone call around 5:20 p.m, that Oke Abiodun had shot the deceased, when I got to the scene, I met him in the pool of blood, gasping, some of the sympathisers joined me to take him to the nearest hospital at Ilawe Ekiti, we were advice to take him to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, where he was later confirmed dead.
The Police prosecution, Inspector Bankole Olasunkanmi in his ex-parte application urged the court to grant the order to remand the defendant, for Police to conclude their investigation and forward the duplicate case file to Director of Public Prosecution’s office for legal advice.
The case has been adjourned till 11/10/22 for mention.