Siblings remanded for killing man

A magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of two siblings: Latunde Alayemi (50) and Ayoola Alayemi (54), in a correctional facility over their alleged killing of a 49-year-old man.

The Magistrate, Mrs Kausarat Ayofe, who did not take the plea of the defendants, directed the police to return their case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice and adjourned the case to September 2.

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Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendants on June 23, in the Moniya area of Ibadan, unlawfully caused the death of one David Olagoke by matcheting him all over his body contrary to Sections 516 and 324 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000. (NAN)