The accused Chibuzo and his brother, Igwe, pleaded guilty to the charge of murder brought against them, while the other accused entered a ‘not guilty’ plea.
Six men, including a herbalist, who were alleged to be Badoo cult members, were on Wednesday charged with murder for smashing the heads of a pastor and other family members with a grinding stone at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
The accused are Chibuzor Igwe, 19; Omotayo Onamoyegun, 25; Samuel Ameze, 38; Gift Ameze, 35; Uche Igwe, 23; Fatai Adebayo a.k.a Aleshe, 34; and a herbalist.
The trial of the accused, who are facing a seven-count bordering on conspiracy, murder, and stealing, started at 3.00 p.m. and ended at 4. 05 p.m.
Chibuzo and his brother, Igwe, however, pleaded guilty to the charge of murder brought against them, while the other accused entered a ‘not guilty’ plea.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Bola Folarin-Williams, remanded them at Ikoyi Prisons pending legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.
She adjourned the case until March 8.
Mr. Emmanuel Eze, a lawyer from the State Criminal and Investigative Intelligence Department, Panti, had asked the court to remand all the accused in prison and asked that the case file be duplicated and sent to the DPP.
He said the badoo members committed the offenses on November 26, 2017, at Ofin area and also at No. 12, Alajo Close, Abule Oshorun, Ibeshe in Ikorodu.
He alleged the accused had broken into the apartment of the deceased, Pastor Victor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ikorodu, and used a stone to smash his head while he was asleep.
He told the court that the accused gained entry through the window and made away with his phone valued at N13,000.
The accused also entered the premises of the Yekinis and used a grinding stone to smash the heads of Sakiru, Kehinde and Salad Yekini causing them grievous harm.
Eze said the accused also went away with a DVD player and a T-shirt, all valued at N8, 000 belonging to the family members.
The offences contravened Sections 223, 245, 280 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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