Oyo: Court sends siblings to prison for killing 49-year-old man

• The accused siblings, whose addresses were not provided, are Latunde Alayemi, 50 and Ayoola Alayemi, 54.

In Oyo State, two siblings have been remanded in a correctional facility over the alleged killing of a 49-year-old man.

The accused siblings, whose addresses were not provided, are Latunde Alayemi, 50 and Ayoola Alayemi, 54.

An Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, ordered their remand on Tuesday after they were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and murder.

The Magistrate, Mrs Kausarat Ayofe, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction, NAN reports.

Ayofe asked the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP for legal advice.

She, thereafter, adjourned the case till Sept. 2 for mention.

The Prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 23 at about 12.45am in the Moniya area of Ibadan.

Ibrahim said the defendants unlawfully caused the death of one David Olagoke, 49, by matcheting him all over his body.

He said the offences contravened Sections 516 and 324 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.