An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 36-year-old man, Kehinde Awosusi, in police custody over the alleged murder of one Mr Ojo Oluwatuyi.
The defendant, charged to court by the Ekiti State Police Command, is standing trial on a charge of murder.
When the matter came up in court on Thursday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Caleb Leranmo, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on April 19 in Erinjiyan-Ekiti. Leranmo, while stating how the alleged murder occurred, said, “The deceased hit the defendant’s mother with his motorcycle. When the defendant got to the scene of the incident, he smashed a plank on the head of the deceased. The deceased died before he got to the hospital.”
According to him, the offence contravened Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. Leranmo said the case file had been duplicated and forwarded to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution for advice.The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdulhamid Lawal, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in police custody, pending issuance of legal advice. The chief magistrate adjourned the case until June 10 for mention.All rights reserved.
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