An Ogun State Magistrate's Court has remanded in custody of Oba Correctional Centre a 37-year-old man, Taye ishola, for allegedly ma...
An Ogun State Magistrate's Court has remanded in custody of Oba Correctional Centre a 37-year-old man, Taye ishola, for allegedly matcheting, and cutting off the heads of his younger brother’s daughters,( names withheld) aged 7 and 9 respectively in a bush in Abeoukta.
Magistrate (Mrs) Esther Idowu, on Friday ordered the remand of suspect at Oba, pending the DPP’s legal advice.
The police had arraigned the suspect before the court on a one-count charge of murder.
The prosecuting counsel, F.A. Oyewole, had prayed the court for an order to remand the defendant in relation to Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of Ogun.
Oyewole requested that the defendant be remanded for 60 days, in the first instance, at the Oba Correctional Centre pending advice from the look i Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
He told the court that Ishola had committed the offence at about 5:30 p.m. at Mile 6, Obafe road, Abeokuta.
He said, “the defendant killed one Promise Ishola, 9, and Testimony Ishola, 7, the sons of his younger brother Idowu Ishola.”
According to Oyewole, “the defendant used a matchete to cut the children’s heads and other parts of their bodies, leading to their death.”
H said the offence is contrary to Section 316 and 319 of the Administration of Criminal Laws of Ogun State 2006
Magistrate Oyewole ordered the file to be duplicated and copy sent for the Director, Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice.
He adjourned the case until October 16 pending DPO's advice.
It was gathered that Taiye visited his brother, Idowu Agbaje Ishola’s residence in Kemta Abata area of Abeokuta, on August 5, to take home the two girls on his motorbike.
The two girls, Promise, 9; and Testimony, 7, were declared missing when Idowu and his wife returned home later in the evening.
Neighbours, who saw the minors on his elder brother’s bike, told Idowu to ask his brother about their whereabouts.
When he was confronted, Taye denied any knowledge of the girls’ whereabouts, saying he only dropped them at the market.
However, he confessed to the police and led them to the bush where he reportedly slaughtered his nieces, saying it was the devil’s handiwork.
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