Three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), have been remanded in a correctional centre, over alleged arson and murder while effecting the arrest of alleged Ibarapa Fulani kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili.
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The OPC members; Awodele Adedigba, 45, Dauda Kazeem , 38, and Hassan Ramon, 33, were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson.
The prosecution counsel, Inspector Opeyemi Olagunju, told the court that the suspects on March 7, 2021, at allegedly caused the death of a 45-year-old woman at Kajola village in Ayete community of Oyo state.
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They were also accused of setting the house on fire, causing a damage of N5 million.
Olagunju stated that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 316, 324, 443 and 516 of the Criminal Code of Oyo State 2000.
Olaide Hamzat, the Chief Magistrate, who did not take the plea of the suspects for want in jurisdiction, ordered that they be remanded in Abolongo correctional facility in Oyo town.
