Two suspected cult members Makinde Quadri, and Yusuf Ayinla have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing a member of the Oodua People’s Congress, Daniel Alabi, in the Bariga area of Lagos State.
According to PUNCH, the suspects were members of the Aiye Confraternity and had attacked the 30-year-old after stabbing with broken bottles before shooting him in the stomach.
Policemen from the Bariga division arrested them after a tip-off from the residents and transferred the case to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
The two suspects who was arraigned at the Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court both denied killing the victim.
The Investigating Police Officer, Inspector Oladimeji Kazeem of the SDCI said the duo were arraigned on six counts of murder, belonging to an unlawful society and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.
The magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Ope-Agbe, remanded the defendants in prison pending the release of legal advice from the DPP.
The case was adjourned till June 10, 2016.
According to PUNCH, the suspects were members of the Aiye Confraternity and had attacked the 30-year-old after stabbing with broken bottles before shooting him in the stomach.
Policemen from the Bariga division arrested them after a tip-off from the residents and transferred the case to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
The two suspects who was arraigned at the Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court both denied killing the victim.
The Investigating Police Officer, Inspector Oladimeji Kazeem of the SDCI said the duo were arraigned on six counts of murder, belonging to an unlawful society and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.
The magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Ope-Agbe, remanded the defendants in prison pending the release of legal advice from the DPP.
The case was adjourned till June 10, 2016.
