By Adebisi Fatima Sogbade
Ibadan – Seven persons were on Tuesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court at Iyaganku, Ibadan for allegedly beating a Police Inspector to death.
The accused persons were said to have beaten Police Inspector Augustine Okoro to death at a checkpoint on Iseyin Road, Moniya area of Ibadan, on April 25.
The suspects are Sarafa Lateef (30), Saminu Ibrahim (28), Oloso Sikiru (36), Fatai Yusuf (45), Moruf Olanrewaju (42), Isiaka Rafiu (40), and Anuoluwa Akinola (32).
They were arraigned for conspiracy and murder.
The prosecutor, ASP Amos Adewale, told court that the defendants conspired on April 25 somewhere on Iseyin Road, Moniya, Ibadan, and caused the death of one Inspector Augustine Okoro (43).
He added that the accused beat and stoned Insp Okoro to death while the deceased was conducting stop-and-search routine duty in the area.
The offence, he said, contravened the Criminal Code of Oyo State 2000.
Chief Magistrate E. A. Idowu of Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court who did not take the plea of the accused for want of jurisdiction, ordered their remand at the Agodi correctional facility.
Idowu referred the case file to the Directorate of Public Prosecution for advice and adjourned the matter to July 10, for mention.
(NAN/vitalnewsngr.com)
