Six suspected cultists on Thursday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates\u2019 Court, Lagos, over alleged robbery and killing of an Assistant Superintendent of Police.<\/p>\n
The defendants are: Akinwale Bamido, 25; Olanrewaju Bamido, 22; John Matter, 21; Moses Adeniyi, 23; Shola Olatoye, 25, and Okechukwu Augustine, 18.<\/p>\n
They are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, murder, robbery and membership of an unlawful society.<\/p>\n
Their pleas were not taken, NAN reports.<\/p>\n
The Prosecutor, Insp. Maria Dauda told the court that they committed the offences on Nov. 27 at 8:18pm, at \u2018D\u2019 Spot, Badagry Expressway, Ijanikin, Lagos.<\/p>\n
Dauda alleged that the defendants robbed 45-year-old ASP Abiodun Akinde of his phones, car keys and N20,000 as well as shot him dead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendants, who belong to a secret cult called \u201cAiye confraternity\u201d shot Akinde to death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 42(a)(b), 223, 233 and 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.<\/p>\n
The Magistrate, Mrs Monisola Ayinde, ordered that the defendants should be kept in the Ikoyi Prison pending advice from the state director of public prosecutions.<\/p>\n
Ayinde adjourned the case until May 20 for mention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Six suspected cultists on Thursday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates\u2019 Court, Lagos, over alleged robbery and killing of an Assistant Superintendent of Police. The defendants are: Akinwale Bamido, 25; Olanrewaju Bamido, 22; John Matter, 21; Moses Adeniyi, 23; Shola Olatoye, 25, and Okechukwu Augustine, 18. They are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, murder, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[69,320,136,345,330],"class_list":["post-8693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-court","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-law","tag-robbery"],"yoast_head":"\n