Court remands 5 more suspects over murder of Ogun monarch

A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Yaba, Lagos has ordered the remand of five suspects, who allegedly, killed the Olu of Agodo Town, Ewekoro, Ogun State, Odetola Olajide Ayinde.

Chief Magistrate Linda Balogun on Thursday ordered the suspects to be remanded in the custody of Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone two Onikan. The suspects are Fatai Ramon; Monsuru Ramon; Adeniyi Samuel Omonla Akinjiyan; Femi Akinjiyan and Olatidede Ojo.

The order was sequel to motion exparte filed and argued be police counsel, Mr. Morufu Animashaun of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.

Animashaun had told the court that the remand application was brought pursuant to Sections 264(2)(2)(3)(4) and (6) and 267 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2021 (as amended); Section 4 and 10 of the Police Act and Sections 6 (6), 35 {1) (C), (5) and (7)(a) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

It would be recalled that Chief Magistrate Balogun had on February 11, ordered the remand of two suspects over their alleged role in the murder of the late monarch.

The two murder suspects earlier remanded for 30 days are Lukman Azeez and Abiodun Sanyaolu.

Balogun after granting the remand order of the five murder suspects for 22 days, in consolidation to the earlier order granted adjourned the case till March 11.