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From Priscilla Ediare, Ado Ekiti
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado Ekiti presided over by Magistrate Abdulameen Lawal has granted an order to remand Muhammed Abubakar Ardo Duni, 50, and Bello Mohammed (alias ‘Yellow), 35, at the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ado Ekiti.
The prosecutor, Bamikole Olasunkanmi, requested for the order to allow him forward the duplicate case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
Abubakar and Bello were alleged to have committed the offence of kidnapping of a monarch, Oba David Adegboyega Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso in Oye Ekiti magisterial district on April 15, punishable under Sec. 3 (a) of the Kidnap and Terrorism (Prohibition) Laws of Ekiti State 2015.
The case has been adjourned to July 14 for mention.
