Cultist Sent To Prison For Alleged Murder Of Neighbour During Fight Over Gay Lover
Justice Bisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday remanded an alleged member of the Aiye Cult, Adebayo Ahmed in prison custody for allegedly stabbing his neighbour to death over a gay man.
Ahmed, who was arraigned before the court by the Lagos State government, was accused of stabbing one Samuel Owawu to death with a broken bottle over a phone belonging to a gay friend of the deceased.
According to the prosecutor, Mrs. Monisola Oshibogun, the incident occurred on the 16th of January 2016 at Oyemekun Bus stop, in Ifako Ijaiye, a suburb of Lagos.
Oshibogun also told the court that the deceased and his friend, one Emeka Uche had invited a mutual friend, Francis to their house.
She further claimed that when Francis arrived, he immediately started making sexual advances at the deceased who tried to resist him.
The prosecutor further claimed that deceased raised the alarm and a crowd gathered at the residence and started beating the alleged gay man.
Oshibogun said it was at this point that Ahmed (the defendant) and some his friends who were all members of the same cult group started demanding for the release of the gay man’s phone.
She claimed that the deceased objected insisting that the phone which had some videos which showed Francis (the gay man) engaging in sexual acts with other men, would be tendered as evidence to the police.
“Ahmed engaged the deceased in a fight and in the process he picked up a broken bottle and allegedly stabbed him in the chest.
“The deceased was rushed to the Ifako Ijaiye General hospital where he later died.
“Ahmed was apprehended and handed over to the police where he was charged before the court on a one count charge of murder.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The defendant was not granted bail but was remanded in Ikoyi prisons on the orders of the presiding Judge,
Justice Akinlade had adjourned the matter to May 30 for commencement of trial.
