UPDATE: Teenagers Who Murdered A 20-Year-Old Sofiat Kehinde For Money Ritual Have Been Remanded In Prison For Two Months

The Youngsters who murdered a 20-year-old lady recognized as Sofiat Kehinde for cash ritual, have been remanded in jail for 2 months.

 

The suspects recognized as Balogun Mustaqeem, 20; Majekodunmi Soliudeen,18; Abdulgafar Lukman,19; and Waris Oladeinde,18; have been arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and homicide following their arrest on Saturday January 29.

The boys have been arrested on Saturday for killing and burning the pinnacle of the sufferer, stated to be a girlfriend to one in all them, for cash rituals.

 

The Prosecutor, Lawrence Balogun, advised the court docket that the defendants dedicated the offence on January 28 at about 11:00 at Kugba space in Abeokuta.

 

Balogun stated that the defendants conspired amongst themselves and murdered one Sofiat Okeowo who’s a lady pal to one of many defendants, Soliudeen. He stated the defendants killed her by reducing off her head with a cutlass.

 

The prosecutor who famous that the defendants murdered the sufferer with the plan to make use of her for cash ritual, additional disclosed that the offence dedicated contravenes sections 324, 316 of the Felony Code Legal guidelines of Ogun 2006.

 

Justice of the Peace I. O Abudu didn’t take the plea of the defendants and ordered that they need to be remanded in jail custody.

 

Abudu ordered that the defendants needs to be remanded within the Oba correctional service, pending authorized recommendation from Ogun State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). She adjourned the case till March 14 for point out.

 

It was additionally learnt that premises of the court docket was crammed to the brim because the sufferer’s household and different sympathisers trooped to the court docket to witness the arraignment.