A land merchant has been indicted over the death of an Agbowa LG employee, Kazeem Idowu Keshinro.
In an ongoing investigation into the alleged murder of Agbowa LG Staff, a well-known land merchant in Lagos, Alhaji Abubakar Suleiman Mayaki, CEO of MYK Land and Properties Ltd, along with one other defendant has been charged with murder.
Following the indictment the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP paraded him with one Akande Omogbemi before a Lagos State Magistrate Court on two counts of charges.
The Nigeria Police had previously brought four suspects, Mukaila Salawu (also known as Actor), Tiyamiyu Ahmed, Wasiu Suleimon, and Ibrahim Ekemode before Magistrate Lateef Owolabi in relation to the murder. Omogbemi and Mayaki were declared as at large.
During the court appearance, the prosecuting counsel, Mrs Abiola Adeoye, informed the court of the development and requested their remand order pending the issuance of legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The defendant’s counsel, Bright Uleyo, opposed the remand order application, arguing that there was no material fact before the court to grant such an application.
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In his ruling, Magistrate Lateef Owolabi granted the request and ordered that the suspects be remanded in Kirikiri prison for thirty days for the issuance of DPP Legal Advice.
The matter was subsequently adjourned until October 10 for mention.
According to the charges filed by the Police, the suspects conspired to commit robbery and unlawfully killed Idowu Keshinro on April 1, 2024, in Otta Ikosi Agbowa in the Lagos Magisterial District.
These actions are considered offences under the Criminal Laws Cap. Ch.Vol.3 Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Kazeem Idowu, a hunter and a staffer of Ikosi-Ejirin local government, was ambushed, attacked, shot, and macheted on the orders of Mukaila Salau, also known as Actor, a notorious land grabber who was physically present at the scene.
He was later found in a video recounting the incident while soaked in his pool of blood with his body riddled with bullets.
