An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded 13 suspected cultists in Ikoyi prison, for allegedly killing two men and dumping their bodies in a river.
The accused are: Ismail Bello, 26; Shola Jaiyeola, 28; Kabiru Wahab, 23; Akeem Adeyemo, 36; Monsuru Ojopagogon, 29; David Lasisi, 35 and Bayo Bakare, 30.
Others are Daniel Yosue, 30; Ademola Ayelabowo, 27; Joshua Udoh, 20; Daniel Adeyemi, 28; Saheed Mohammed, 25; and Wasiu Aborisade, 40.
The suspects were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, membership of unlawful society, breach of peace and causing grievous harm.
Testifying in court, the prosecuting officer, Cpl Iyobosa Onaiwu, said the offences were committed on Sept. 27 at about 9.00 p.m. at Maidan Junction, Mile 12 area of the state.
Onaiwu told the court that two of the suspects, Mohammed and Adeyemi allegedly murdered one Tunde and Okesola Yusuf before dumping their bodies in the Maidan River in Mile 12.
He disclosed that the suspects who are believed to be members of Eye Confraternity and Federal Boys cult, had been terrorising the public and dispossessing them of their valuables.
Upon their arrest, the police recovered the following weapons: a jack knife, cutlasses and machetes.
Onaiwu said, “Olalekan Olatoye was stabbed on the abdomen, while the throat of Babatunde Rilwan was slit.’’
According to the prosecutor, the offences violated Sections 41, 42, 221 and 231 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The court however rejected their plea, stressing that they should be kept behind bars pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.
The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Ope-Agbe adjourned the case to Nov. 16, while ordering that they be remanded in the Ikoyi prison
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