Two women,Suliyat Tajudeen (20yrs) and Ayomide Abdulazeez (20yrs), were on Wednesday remanded by an an Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo in Ilesha Correctional Facility for alleged attempt to murder Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
They were charged for conspiracy, attempted murder, malicious damage and burglary.
Prosecuting police prosecutor, John Idoko, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) informed the court that Suliyat, Ayomide and others at large on the 17th day of October 2020, at about 4:30pm did conspire among themselves to attempt killing Oyetola by firing guns and throwing stones at him, and in the end, succeeded in unlawfully damaging 17 vehicles in the governor’s convoy.
They were also accused of burgling a supermarket, known as Justrite Mall to steal laptops, mobile phones and phone accessories valued at N3,568million belonging to Ashiru Ibrahim Olayemi.
However, the two accused person pleaded not guilty to the five- count preferred against them by the police.
Their counsel, Nurudeen Kareem, made an oral bail application for his clients assuring the magistrate to provide reliable sureties.
However, the prosecutor opposed the bail application by the counsel saying, if they are granted bail, they will run away because the accused persons know that the police has overwhelming evidence against them.
The Chief Magistrate, Dr Ayilara remanded the two accused person to Ilesha Correctional Facility and adjourned the case to November 20, 2020, for ruling on bail.
Source The Nation
