Nine persons arrested in connection with the crisis that rocked the ancient town of Ikirun in Ifelodun local Government area of Osun State have been remanded in Ilesha Correctional Center by an Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court.

The nine suspects were arraigned for allegedly shooting five persons during a riot over the kingship tussle.

This followed announcement of Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri of Oba-Ara Ruling House as the new Akinrun of Ikirun, by the state government.

The arrested Indigenes of the town were brought before an Osogbo Magistrate court, presided by Mr Olusola Aluko who ordered them to be kept behind the bars due to the magnitude of the alleged offences committed.

The nine suspects who were dragged to court by the Osun State Police Command are Babawale Bolaji (28), Salam Abdulhakeem(33), Omoboriowo Ismaila ( 30), Olalere Opeyemi Damilare( 32), Elegbede Rilwan (18), Bello Saheed(18), Tiamiyu Gafar( 28), Sulaiman Wasiu (36) and Oladimeji Afeez (30).

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Elisha Olusegun, informed the court that the suspects and others at large committed the offences between October 26 and 30, 2022, at about 5:30 pm in Ikirun.

They were slammed with eleven count-charge bordering on felonies, unlawful assembly, rioting, possession of dangerous weapons and attempted murder, which are contrary to sections 516, 70, 320, 517, and 249(d) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. Il Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

Inspector Olusegun said that the defendants, with intent to kill, shot residents of Ikirun, including Folorunso Adeyemi, Oyewale Wasiu, Olayiwola Samad, Hasan Abdullahi, and Toheeb Oyewale, on various parts of their bodies during the violent protest against the appointment of Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri as the Akinrun of Ikirun by the Osun State Government.

The police prosecutor further disclosed that the defendants, who were armed with dangerous weapons, conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of public peace by blocking the major roads and setting up bonfires in the ancient town.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges slammed against them.

Presiding Chief Magistrate, Olusola Aluko, ordered them to be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre and asked their defence counsels to furnish the court with a formal application for their bail.

Aluko adjourned the matter till November 24 for mention.


Adenitan Akinola

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