An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Arogundade Abiodun, for alleged murder and membership of an unlawful society.
The suspect, whose address was not provided to the court during arraignment, is facing a four-count charge.
The charges border on murder, membership of an unlawful society and illegal possession of firearms.
Abiodun, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Inspector Olusegun Kokoye, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offences between October 11, 2021 and January 15, 2022.
He said that the defendant and the others formed and managed an unlawful society known as Aye confraternity.
The prosecutor also alleged that on October 11, 2021 at about 7:30am at Ijora, Lagos State, the defendant and the others killed one Rotimi Esomojumi, contrary to Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
He said that the defendant and the others shot Esomojumi with a locally-made gun on the stomach at a close range.
The Magistrate, O. I. Raji, did not take the plea of the defendant.
Raji said that she needed the advice of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
She ordered remand of the defendant and adjourned the case until March 30 for mention.
