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Court Remands 16 for Attacking Osun Dep. Gov.
An Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of no fewer than 16 persons suspected to be political thugs at Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly attacking the convoy of the Deputy Governor of the state Mr Benedict Alabi. The presiding Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko said that the accused be kept behind the bar, pending…
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Court Orders Remand Of Four Teenagers At Correctional Home Over Murder Case In Ogun
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court has remanded four teenagers at correctional home for alleged ritual murder of a twenty year-old Sofiat Okeowo. The police had charged twenty years old Balogun Mustakeem, eighteen years old Majekodunmi Soliudeen, nineteen years old Abdulgafar Lukman, and eighteen years old Waris Oladeinde, on a two- count charge of conspiracy and murder…
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Court Sentences Man to Prison for Assault in Osun
An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Ejigbo has sentenced a man, Ebenezer Ojuawo to three years imprisonment at Ilesa correctional service. Ojuawo was arraigned before the court on a two count charge bothering on assault and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace. Prosecuting the defendant, Sergeant Olanrewaju Oke told the court that…
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Woman Remanded for Biting Neighbour’s Scrotum in Osun
A 28-year-old woman, Nifemi Ajayi has landed in trouble in Ile-Ife of Osun State for allegedly biting her neighbour’s scrotum. The police on Monday dragged Nifemi before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on one count charge of assault. The prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi said, last week Friday at about 8:00 PM at No 21, Oke-Soda, Ile-Ife,…
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Court Remands Nursing Mother For Theft
Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered that a 21-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Janet Ismail, should be remanded in Ilesha Correctional Center for breaking into a shop to steal clothes.The nursing mother who appeared in court with her newborn baby pleaded not guilty to the two-count of burglary and stealing.The Police Prosecutor, Inspector…
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Osun Court Denies Bail to Attempted Murder Suspects
A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state has ordered the remand of Adenle Mujeem and Olagunju Kamilu in Ilesa correctional centre, for attempt to kill a septuagenarian, Mrs Suleiman Fatimah. According to the charge sheet, they committed the offense on 2nd day of February 2021, at 12 :00pm at Isosu area of Ede in…
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DPP Exonerate Female Suspect in Kidnap Case
Department of Public Prosecution in Oyo State has exonerated the only female among suspects alleged of kidnapping the twins of an Ibadan based Islamic Preacher, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold. The Suspect, Rafiu Modinat is facing trial alongside six others including her husband Rafiu Mutiu for their different roles played in kidnapping the twins and collection of…
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Political Thuggery:Seven Remanded In Akure
Seven suspected political thugs arrested last week with firearms in Ose Local Government, Ondo State, have been remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service Centre, Olokuta in Akure. They were remanded by an Akure Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Tope Aladejana. The seven suspects were arrested by security agents along Ikaro road, Ifon headquarters of…
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Police Arraign Akewugbagold’s Twins Kidnappers
An Ibadan Chief Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of seven suspects allegedly involved in the kidnap of the twins of an Islamic Cleric Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold at Special Anti-robbery Squad, Ibadan. The suspects, who were alleged to have committed the offence on April 25 this year are Mohammed Bashir 33, Oyeleye Opeyemi 25, Olumide Ajala…
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Court Jails Man for Stealing Plantain
An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Ile-Ife has sentenced a35-year-old man, Maruf Ojo, to one-month in jail for stealing plantainworth N55, 000. The defendant was said to have stolen bunches of plantain, valued atN55,000, belonging to one Oladipupo Sunday contrary to the criminalCode, Laws of Osun, 2002. The police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi told…
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Accused Collapses in an Osogbo Magistrate Court
Sitting of an Osogbo magistrate court was disrupted for over thirty minutes as a 21-year-old accused person, Segun Balogun collapsed in court. The accused person was arraigned for stealing some materials on 4th of October 2019 at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo. The accused was put in the dock on a 3-count charge bothering on…
