3 OPC members slammed with murder, arson for burning Wakili’s house
Remanded in prison
Three members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) were on Wednesday docked before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan over allegations of murder and arson.
The OPC members, Awodele Adedigba (45); Dauda Kazeem (38) and Hassan Ramon (33) were presented before Chief Magistrate Olaide Hamzat on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder and arson.
According to the charge sheet presented by the prosecuting counsel, Inspector Opeyemi Olagunju, the trio on March 7, 2021, at about 8 a.m at Kajola village in Ayete, caused the death of a 45-year-old woman.
It alleged that the suspects subsequently set fire to the house of the Ibarapa “warlord” Abdullahi Wakili, valued at N5 million, in contravention of the provisions of Sections 316, 324, 443 and 516 of the Criminal Code of Oyo State 2000.
The pleas of the suspects were not taken because the court lacks jurisdiction to try the offences.
The court ordered that the suspects be remanded at the Abolongo Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Oyo.
Magistrate Hamzat further ordered the police to send the case file to the office of the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice and adjourned the matter till April 21, 2021, for mention.
