An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday remanded Toyin
Ajakaye for alleged murder of a commercial motorcyclist, Omoniyi Are.
According to the charge sheet with number MAD/133ft/2018,
Toyin was alleged to have committed the crime on August 22 at Agbado-Ekiti in
Gbonyin
Local Government Area.
Toyin told the court that he engaged the commercial
cyclist to convey him to the farm where a fight allegedly ensued between them
over disagreement on the transport fare.
The fight, according to him, was sparked by his
offer to pay the deceased N100 out of the N200 charged by the late cyclist. The
defendant claimed that he had N100 on him.
Toyin further claimed that he held the deceased by
the neck as he (Omoniyi) was trying to hold his manhood, adding that the
deceased died in the course of the struggle.
The accused person confessed that when he couldn’t
carry the corpse, he dug a shallow grave and tied a rope on the neck of the
deceased and buried him in the farm.
The defendant said he was arrested by passersby who
handed him over to the police.
The Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Lasisi
Basiru, revealed that the defendant tied the rope on the neck of the deceased
at the scene of the crime and buried the corpse, adding that Toyin had earlier
been detained of a case of goats theft.
The police prosecutor, Oriyomi Akinwale, pleaded
that the court should granted the request to remand the defendant in prison
custody.
But the defence counsel, Busuyi Ayorinde, pleaded
that the duplicate case file be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for legal
advice, adding that application for bail will be filed before an appropriate
court.
Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Modupe Afeniforo,
ordered that Toyin be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till October
16.
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