An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday remanded two female in Ilesha Correctional Facility for alleged attempt to murder Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
The two
identified as Suliyat Tajudeen (20yrs) and Ayomide Abdulazeez (20yrs) were
charged for conspiracy, attempted murder, malicious damage and burglary.
The Police
Prosecutor, ASP John Idoko, informed the court that Suliyat, Ayomide and others
at large on the 17th day of October 2020, at about 4:30pm did conspire among
themselves to attempt killing Oyetola by firing guns and throwing stones at
him.
He added they
unlawfully damaged seventeen vehicles in the Governor’s convoy.
They burgled
Justrite Mall to steal laptops, mobile phones and phone accessories valued at
N3,568,000 million belonging to Ashiru Ibrahim Olayemi.
However, the
two accused person pleaded not guilty to the five- count preferred against them
by the police.
Their
counsel, Nurudeen Kareem, made an oral bail application for his clients
assuring the magistrate to provide reliable sureties.
However, the
prosecutor opposed the bail application by the counsel saying, if they are
granted bail, they will run away because the accused persons know that the
police has overwhelming evidence against them.
The Chief
Magistrate, Dr Ayilara remanded the two accused person to Ilesha Correctional
Facility and adjourned the case to November 20, 2020, for ruling on bail.
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