CENTUS NWEZE REPORTINGÂ
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has remanded in prison custody for sixty days, suspected killers of Abeokuta couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their only son, Oreoluwa.
Adekanbi Lekan, Odetola Ahmed and Adeniyi Waheed, the principal suspects, were remanded in Oba correctional center, while their accomplices, Fadairo Temitope and Adekanbi Adenike, the girl friend and mother of the mastermind, Lekan, were remanded in Ibara Correctional Center.
The suspected buyers of a vehicle stolen from the deceased compound, Owolaja Anuoluwapo and Usman Azeez, were also remanded in Oba prison for 60 days.
They were brought before the court on an 11-count charge bordering on murder, conspiracy to commit felony, arson, stealing, escape from lawful authority, amongst others.
The remand for sixty days in the first instance, according to the Chief Magistrate, Chief Magistrate Esther Idowu, was pending the legal advice of the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP.
Although, the accused persons were not allowed to take their pleas because of the nature of the case, an application for remand was however moved by Oluwatosin Jackson, applicants counsel.