Court remands UNIBEN professor ‘killers’

By Patrick Ahanor

Benin

An Egor Chief Magistrate Court in Benin, Edo state, has remanded three persons, who allegedly murdered a Professor at the University of Benin, Prof. Paul Otasowie, in prison custody.
The accused persons: Okhumode Best; Osaze Oghogho; Okoro Junior; and others now at large, are also alleged to be members of a secret cult group.
Prof. Otasowie, a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, was reportedly murdered by the accused persons on October 4, 2017, at No. 5, Alaghodaro Street, off Siluko Road, Benin City, after robbing him of his cell phone.
Chief Magistrate of the Court, Mrs. Patricia Igho Braimah, who declined jurisdiction over the matter, remanded the accused persons in prison custody.

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