An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ogba has ordered the remand of a suspected cultist, Arogundade Abiodun, at Kirikiri correctional center pending issuance of legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP.
Arogundade Abiodun was brought to court over an alleged murder of one Rotimi Esomojumi, at Ijora area.
Abiodun, who was said to be a cultist is facing a four-count charge bordering on murder, membership of an unlawful society and illegal possession of firearms.
The prosecutor, Insp Olusegun Kokoye, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offences between Oct. 11, 2021 and Jan. 15.
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He said that the defendant and the others formed and managed an unlawful society known as Aye confraternity.
The prosecutor informed the court that on Oct. 11, 2021, at about 07:30 a.m. at Ijora, the defendant and the others shot Esomojumi with a locally-made gun on the stomach at a close range.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. I. Raji, did not take the plea of the defendant.
She said that she needed a legal advice of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
She ordered remand of the defendant, and adjourned the case till March 30 for mention.
