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7 APC Members Remanded For Killing NURTW Boss, Others In Lagos

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At least seven members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, were on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 remanded at an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court on four counts of murder for allegedly killing a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, 47-year-old Azeez Ottun, aka Ashake.

According to the police, the defendants also gunned down two other victims identified as Rilwan Saka (19) and Obabiolorunkosi Nureni, during a fracas.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A.F.O. Botoku, ruled that the seven of them be remanded in police custody until investigations into the matter are concluded.

The police from the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, had arraigned the seven men identified as Ahmadu Kazeem (43), Ibrahim Afolabi (37), Lawal Lateef (27), Anthony Qudus (33), Adeshina Ibrahim (28), Adebayo Ogunjimi (25) and Animashan Olubodun (33).

The police legal team, led by Cyril Ejiofor and Daniel Ighodalo, said the suspects and others at large, on Enu-owa Street, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island, area of the Lagos State, killed the three victims on September 20, 2014, Punch reports.

According to a remand warrant attached to the four counts, the suspects were found with weapons.

The prosecution team, cited Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2011, and urged the court to remand the defendants in prison pending the conclusion of investigations and the release of legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

The remand application was however, opposed by the defence team, made up of Spurgeon Ataene, F.S. Oladele, Beauty Otigih, Imelda Adebambo and Ms. A.C. Abazo.

Ataene suggested a preliminary investigation to ascertain the credibility of the remand request of the police.

He said, “The police have brought before this court the offence of murder, which is a serious offence before the law. We urge the court to use its power, as conferred under Section 264 (9) of the ACJLL, 2011, to conduct a preliminary enquiry to ascertain if there is a probable cause for remand.

“This is a matter that has been widely reported in the dailies and five people have already confessed to this crime. None of the people before your honour is among them. The police said they were arrested with exhibits, but I ask, what are these exhibits?”

The case was adjourned until Monday, January 11, 2016 for further mention.

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