An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of four teenagers for alleged murder of one Sofiat Okeowo, 20 -year - old girl 

The police charged Balogun Mustakeem,20, Majekodunmi Soliudeen,18, Abdulgafar Lukman,19, and Waris  Oladeinde,18, on a two count charge of conspiracy and murder. 

Magistrate I. O Abudu who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison.

Abudu ordered that the defendants should be remanded in Oba correctional service, pending Legal advice from Ogun State Director of Public Prosecution(DPP).

She however adjourned the case to March 14, 2022 for mention. 

The Prosecutor, Inspector Lawrence Balogun, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on January 28 at about 11:00 am at Kugba area in Abeokuta.

Balogun, alleged that the defendants conspired among themselves and murdered one Sofiat Okeowo who was a girl friend to one of the defendants, Soliudeen. 

He said the defendants killed her by cutting off her head with a cuttlass. 

According to the prosecutor, the defendants murdered  sofiat with the plan to use her for money ritual. 

The prosecutor, said that the offence committed contravenes sections 324, 316 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.

(NAN)