Court Remands Man For Killing Brother
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered that a 27-year-old man, Akindele Ebunjobi, be remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing his brother to death.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. R.A. Adegboye, gave the order on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, after Ebunjobi appeared before him and pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of murder.
The police prosecutor, Mr. Ajiboye Bayo, told the court that the accused person on Jan. 11, at about 10.30 p.m., at 29, Oke Odo Street, Osan-Ekiti, stabbed his younger brother Olaniyi Ebunjobi, to death.
Bayo said that the accused stabbed Olaniyi on his back and neck during an argument at Osan-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area Ekiti State.
He said the action of the accused contravened Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 30, Vol. 2, Laws of Ondo State, as applicable to Ekiti State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused who was arraigned on  one-count charge of murder, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
His counsel, Mr. Sunday Ochayi, appealed to the court to grant him bail pending the conclusion of investigation.
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