4 Remanded Over Murder Of 5 In Osun
Four residents of Modakeke, in Ife East Area office of Osun State were on Monday remanded in Ilesa Correctional facility by an Osun Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly killing five residents of Ile-Ife over suspected land/farm dispute.
The four defendants Akingbala Olakunle, 35; Owoniyi Segun, 35; Daramola Muideen, 31; and Adeyeni Shina, 30 and others at large according to the prosecutor, Elisha Olusegun, conspired and killed one Adesanmi Sunday, an indigene of Ile-Ile, on May 11, 2021 at about 2pm, at Alapata Village, Modakeke.
The prosecutor said that Shina and others at large, on the same date, time and place, conspired and unlawfully killed two siblings, Reuben and Titilayo Gbadegeshin.
Olusegun added that Shina and his accomplices, who are now at large, conspired and killed two other indigenes of Ile-Ile, including Tajudeen Opakunle, (a.ka Shokansi) and Akinade Sheriff, (a.k.a Drogba), on July 28, 2019 in Modakeke.
The defendants were alleged to have committed offences contrary to and punishable under Sections 324 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume 11, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
Considering the gravity of the offence, Magistrate A. A. Adebayo refused the plea for bail by J. O. Amoo, counsel to the defendants as he that the four defendants be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre as he, adjourned the case till October 20 for mentioned.
