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Tue Jul 13 2021 A 23-year-old man, Happy Balogun, has been arraigned at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court over the stealing of property worth N1 million. The police prosecutor, Inspector Olubu Apata, told the court yesterday that the defendant and others at large on July 8, 2021 at about 1.30 pm at Irona, beside Easy Life Hotel, stole plastic chairs and tents worth N1 million, property of Benson Oluwole. He said the offence is contrary to Section 380 and punishable under Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. Counsel to the defendant, Barrister Timi Omotosho, urged the c...

”You shall be hung by your neck until you die,” he held. During the trial, the state Prosecution Counsel Mrs Oluwaseni Ogunjimi and Assistant Chief State Counsel said the convict committed the offence on Sept. 15, 2013 at about 9p.m at Atala Junction, Bolatito, in Mowe area of Ogun. Ogunjimi said that the convict shot and killed Tosin Joye who was in the company of his friends on their way to buy pure water. She said Joye died on his way to the hospital.(NAN)

Ekiti court remands man, 29, for raping 50-year-old woman Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 29-year-old man, Olaleye Jimoh, at the Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman. The defendant is standing trial in the court on a count charge of raping. Police prosecutor, Inspector Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court on Thursday that the defendant, who was suspected to have raped the 50-year-old woman, was arrested on January 24, 2021, at Odo-Owa Ekiti within Ikole Ekiti Magistrate District on or about Ja...