12 persons, suspected killers of , Oba Ayinde Odetola, the Olu of Agodo, Ogun State, have been remanded in a Correctional Centre, on the orders of a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Itori, Ewekoro Local Government of the State.
The suspects are; Abiodun Sanyaolu, Fatai Ramon, Lukman Azeez, Femi Adeniyi, Adeniyi Samuel Akinjiyan and Monsuru Ramon, Segun Akinjiyan, Ojo Olatidebe, Adewale Odunayo, Saheed Ramon, Oladele Idowu and Ajinbosin Gbeminiyi.
The suspects and others now at large were arraigned before the Court on a 3-count charge of conspiracy and murder bothering on murder, punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code.
They were alleged to have on January 24 burnt the Traditional Ruler to death in his Toyota Sienna car with Reg No. APP 55 GF in Agodo Town, where the monarch had gone to clear the grave of his brother on a piece of land in the village.
The Prosecutor, Saheed Yinusa, urged the court to remand the accused at the Oba correctional facility for 60 days, pending the advice from the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), in view of section 306 of the administration of Criminal Justice Law of Ogun State.
Presiding Magistrate O. F. Adeduntan, ordered their remand in Oba correctional facility and adjourning the matter to June 17, 2022.