Lagos—Twelve men, including a traditional
ruler, Chief Nojeem Abioye, have been remanded in prison custody by an Igbosere
Magistrates Court, pending legal advice from the office of the Director of
Public Prosecution, DPP, over the murder of an alleged gay hotelier (names
withheld).
Others are Ajani Kasali, 54; Oyedele Musiliu, 64; Jonathan
Sanyaolu, 68; Taoreed Bakare, 61; Olaidi Albert, 66 and Wahab Abioye, 38.
The defendants were arraigned by the police before the court
over the death of the hotelier, who was suspected to be an informant of the
police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The defendants, were arraigned on five counts charge bordering
on conspiracy, rioting, malicious damage, arson and murder, preferred against
them by the police.
The prosecutor, J. I. Enang, told the court that the late
hotelier was murdered during a riot on July 20 at Alagbado area of Lagos State.
He said that Abioye, the Baale of Temidire Alagbado, allegedly
spearheaded the protest that caused the death of the hotelier and one Ganiyu
Adebayo, said to be son of a landlord at Alagbado.
riot.
Enang stated that the riot started shortly after a meeting of
landlords and community leaders at Alagbado, who were aggrieved by the
hotelier’s alleged land grabbing activities in the area.
The prosecutor further stated that the unrest started when the
hotelier’s thugs engaged some youths in the area in a fight shortly after the
elders’ meeting on July 20.
He further alleged that the defendants unlawfully caused the
death of the hotelier by shooting him with a gun and also attacking him with
other dangerous weapons.
According to the prosecutor, the offences are punishable under
Section 221, 45(2) and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Ajayi, subsequently, ordered that the defendants be
remanded in prison custody pending the DPP’s advice.
-VANGUARD
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