An
Ibadan Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded six suspects for allegedly killing
the Commandant of Command Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan, Col Anthony Okeyim.
Solomon
Agada Emmanuel (20); Bibisoye Kehinde a.k.a. Efrebor (27); Taiwo Adeniyi (34);
Ewere Andrew (25); Ephraim Obi (38) and Udobata Onusa-Uze a.k.a. Kaka (28) will
remain at Agodi Prisons, pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public
Prosecution (DPP).
The
court did not take their pleas. The Magistrate, R. A. Ebeloku-Mustapha, ordered
that the three-count charge- robbery, murder and stealing – be read to them.
The
prosecutor, Fatola Musiliu, told the court the suspects on December 11 about
10pm in the school conspired among themselves to commit felony, to wit: robbery
and murder.
The
other charges read: “That the six suspects on the same date, time and place in
the aforementioned magisterial district did rob Col. Anthony Okeyim of his
Samsung S4 value unknown.
“That
the six suspects on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned
magisterial district did unlawfully cause the death of Col. Anthony Okeyim (52)
by throwing him from the top floor, which led to his death.
The
case was adjourned till March 28.
Source:The
Nation
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