Adesoye, 18, a bricklayer, who resides at Ikorodu, is facing a charge of unlawful killing
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Olasunkanmi alleged that the accused on the said date, unlawfully caused the death of one Iyabo Daramola by beating her to death
The state Commissioner of Police, Hilary Opara, told reporters on Thursday in Lokoja, the state capital, that the councillor, names withheld, and three other suspects allegedly committed the offence on June 13
Nkankuk said that the accused and others still at large allegedly strangled Idoko, 27, at midnight in her house
Edo, who was led-in-evidence by the Attorney-General of Lagos State,
Ade Ipaye, said that Osokogu was murdered in Room 1C of Cosmilla
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Police prosecutor Gana Gana Tuesday told the court that the accused, who reside at Fulani Camp, Elete village, Ajaokuta Road, Lokoja, conspired to kill Illiyasu on June 4
The dismissed officer is standing trial on a one-count charge of unlawfully killing Nwanga and thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 33 Vol. 1 of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009
Matepo said: “Following the DPP’s advice on the above case, it has been duly established that the defendant has no case to answer
He said that the accused, an ex-student of the University of Ilorin, was expelled from the institution due to poor academic performance
Justice Ngwuta, who relied on the three elements of the offence of murder under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, said it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that the victim died
It was gathered that after the murder of the activist, the assailants allegedly threatened to wipe out the immediate family members if they made attempt to take up the case with the police
Onyeka then dumped the corpse in the septic tank of an uncompleted building about 200 metres away
Braide however added that the police is having an herculean task in the investigation of the murder as eyewitnesses have refused to turn up to give a statement
Soyinka, who spoke on Thursday, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, at the public presentation of Port Harcourt as UNESCO World Book Capital for 2014, said it was painful watching the video clip of how the students were killed and burnt