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An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, on Friday, ordered the remand of two men, Yusuf Adesola, 19, and Folarin Samsudeen, 19, for alleged murder of a victim they gang-raped.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendants, who reside in Lalupon area, Ibadan, were charged with conspiracy and murder.
The Chief Magistrate, O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take the plea of the defendants due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered their remand at Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo town.
Ogunkanmi said that the remand was pending the outcome of the advice on the case file by the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution.
She, thereafter, adjourned the matter until April 4 for mention.
According to the Prosecutor, Insp. Sikiru Opaleye, the defendants, Adesola and Samsudeen, allegedly conspired to commit murder.
Opaleye said that the duo, between January 20 and February 10, were alleged to have caused the death of one Bidemi Akinsoji, a female, by having forceful carnal knowledge of her.
He said that Adesola and Samsudeen recorded the act of rape of the victim on their cell phone and sent it on Facebook for the public to view.
Opaleye said the offence was contrary to Section 311 and punishable under sections 319 and 324 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
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