An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court, in Ibadan, Oyo state, yesterday, charged three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, with three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson, and ordered them to be remanded in a correctional centre.
The OPC members are Dauda Kazeem, Hassan Ramon and Messrs Awodele Adedigba
The three accused persons had arrested an alleged notorious kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili, and some of his fighters at the Ibarapa area of Oyo.
The state police command had subsequently arrested and detained them.
The prosecuting counsel, Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that the suspects caused the death of a 45-year-old woman on March 7 at Kajola village, Ayete.
He said they also razed the house of Wakili, causing damage of N5 million.
The Chief Magistrate, Olaide Hamzat, ordered that the three OPC members be remanded in Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo town.
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Hamzat ordered the police to return the case file to the office of the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP.
The case was adjourned till April 21 for mention.
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