Victor Ogunje
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court in Ekiti State has remanded Muhammed Abubakar Ardo Duni, 50, and Bello Mohammed, 35, in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly kidnapping a monarch in the state, Oba David Oyewumi.
The Magistrate Court presided over by Abdulameen Lawal granted the order to remand the duo pending legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The prosecutor, Bamikole Olasunkanmi, requested for the order to allow him forward the duplicate case file to the office of DPP for legal advice.
The accused persons were alleged to have committed the kidnapping of the Obaadu of Ilemeso, Oba Oyewumi, in Oye Ekiti magisterial district on April 15, 2021.