An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court Monday ordered the remand of a
herdsman, Umaru Abubakar, over alleged murder.
Abubakar, 35, whose address was not provided, is being tried on a
charge of murder.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, told the court that the accused
committed the offence on Feb. 13 in Aiyegbaju-Ekiti.
Okunade alleged that the accused murdered one Elijah Ogor, a farmer.
He said that the deceased had warned the accused several times to stop
rearing cows on his farm but that Abubakar did not yield until the
faithful day when he killed the deceased.
Okunade told the court that Ogor had called his brothers over threats
by Abubakar that he would kill him but that before the arrival of the
deceased brothers, Abubakar had killed Ogor and escaped.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 319(1) of
the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand Abubakar in prison, pending
an advice from the office of Ekiti state Director of Public
Prosecutions.
The plea of the defendant was not taken by the court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, ordered that Abubakar
should be remanded in police custody and adjourned the case until Feb.
27 for mention. (NAN)
Staff arraigned for allegedly stealing N4m from LCDA chairman staff (4)
Adebayo Akinbola, a staff of Mosan-Okunola local council development
area (LCDA), was on Monday docked before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court,
Lagos, for allegedly stealing N4 million belonging to Mrs Olabisi
Olabajo, the LCDA chairman.’
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinbola, 31, whose
residential address was not provided, is facing a charge of stealing.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
ASP Peter Nwangwu, the police prosecutor, told the court that the LCDA
staff committed the offence on Feb. 6 between the hours of 3.30pm and
6pm at Guaranty Trust Bank, Alimosho, Lagos.
“He was sent on an errand to the bank by the complainant to withdraw N4 million.
“After he withdrew the funds, he absconded and was not seen for an
unspecified period of time.
“The matter was reported at the Ikotun Police station and after series
of investigations, he was caught and he claimed to the police that he
was abducted by unknown persons.
“The money has, however, not yet been recovered from him,” Nwangu said.
The offence contravenes Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state 2015.
NAN reports that the Section recommends a seven-year jail term for offenders.
The Magistrate, Mrs Yewande Aje-Afunwa, granted the defendant bail in
the sum of N850, 000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
Aje-Afunwa said the sureties should be gainfully employed and should
show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos state government.
The case was adjourned until May 2, for mention. (NAN)
