Three suspected cult members were remanded on Monday by the Yaba Magistrates’ court for alleged murder, robbery, and unlawful possession of weapons.
They were charged with the murder of Victor Isa.
Balogun Ahmed, Kareem Sanni, and Shina Bankole, the defendants, were charged by the Lagos State Police Command with six counts each of illegal possession of a shotgun, theft, murder, and membership in an illegal organization known as the Eiye Confraternity. They were arraigned before Magistrate L. Y. Balogun.
The defendants committed the offense in December 2022 and April 2023, respectively, according to the prosecution, ASP Chekwube Okeh, who testified before the court.
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According to Okeh, the defendants, on April 2, 2023, around 10pm at Saliu Obodo Street, Oke-Ira, Eti-Osa, Lagos shot and killed one Victor Isa with a locally-made pistol.
The charge read in part, “That you, Balogun Ahmed, Kareem Sanni, and Shina Bankole, and others at large on April 2, 2023, at Oke-Ira, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District were found to be members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity which is an unlawful society prohibited by the Lagos State Government and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 2(3) (a) of the Unlawful Societies and Cultism Prohibition Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
However, the defendants’ pleas were not taken.
The prosecutor then requested that the defendants be remanded pending the completion of the investigation and legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The magistrate granted the request and remanded the defendants.
Balogun then adjourned the case till June 6, 2023.
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