Three people are on trial in Lagos for murdering a man.

On Monday, May 15, three men, Mukaila Nofiu, Wasiu Rasheed, and Hassan Kazeem, were arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court in Lagos state for allegedly murdering Alade Bello and attempting to murder another, Lasisi Sikiru.

 

The prosecutor, Haruna Magaji, told the court that the defendants committed the crime on April 14, 2023, around 2.46 p.m., at the Igbolodo village on Ketu, Omu Road in Lagos. According to Magaji, the accused men used planks and wood to beat the deceased to death and attempted but failed to kill one another. He also stated that the offences violated Sections 233 and 230 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws of 2015.

 

The charge read in part;

“That you Mukaila Nofiu, Wasiu Rasheed and Hassan Kazeem and others at large on April 14, 2023, around 4.35 pm at Igbolodo village along Ketu, Omu Road, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District did unlawfully killed one Alade Bello by hitting him severally with planks and woods and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”

 

During the arraignment, the defendant’s pleas were not taken. The prosecutor hence prayed the court to remand the defendants pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.

 

Magistrate Adefope, granting the request, remanded the defendants to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre pending legal advice from the DPP and adjourned the case till June 16, 2023.