Man remanded for killing younger brother’s sons in Ogun

A magistrates’ court in Abeokuta on Friday remanded a 37-year-old man, Taiwo Ishola, for killing his younger brother’s two children.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a one-count charge of murder.
The police counsel, F.A. Oyewole, who moved a motion in relation to section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of Ogun, prayed for an order to remand the defendant.
Mr Oyewole asked for the defendant’s remand for 60 days in the first instance at the Oba Correctional Centre, pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
According to the counsel, Mr Ishola committed the offence at about 5:30 p.m. on August 5 in the Mile 6 area of Obafe Road in Abeokuta.
He said the defendant killed one Promise Ishola, 9, and Testimony Ishola, 7, the sons of his younger brother, Idowu Ishola.
Mr Oyewole also alleged that the defendant used a machete to cut the children’s heads and other parts of their bodies, leading to their death.
The counsel explained that the defendant went to the younger brother’s house and picked them up with a motorcycle when their parents were not around.
He said when the deceased’s parents came back from work and noticed their children were not at home, they searched for them.
Then a co-landlord in their area told them they saw the kids with Mr Taiwo, his elder brother.
When asked, the defendant said he did not see the children, which made the co-landlord declare that he was a suspect.
This prompted the deceased children’s father to report his brother to the police.
Upon his arrest and during the investigation, the defendant made a confessional statement that he killed his two nephews inside the bush.
The police later went to the crime scene and found the children’s remains.
Mr Oyewole, however, said the offences committed contravened sections 316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.
The chief magistrate, Esther Idowu, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Oba correctional centre, pending legal advice from state DPP.
She thereafter adjourned the case until October 16 for mention.
(NAN)
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