Argument Over N100 Transport Fare Made Me Kill Motorcyclist, Suspect Tells Court
A murder suspect, Mr Toyin Ajakaye on Tuesday told an Ado Ekiti Magistrates Court that his victim, Omoniyi Are died in the course of a disagreement over N100 transport fare.
The fight, according to him, was sparked by his offer to pay the deceased N100 which he had on him out of the N200 charged by the cyclist.
The accused claimed that he held the deceased by the neck as he (Omoniyi) was trying to hold his private part adding that the deceased died in the course of the struggle.
He however, confessed that when he couldn’t carry the corpse, he dug a shallow grave and tied a rope on the neck of the deceased and buried him on the farm.
Toyin who has been ordered by the Court to be remanded said he was arrested by passers-by who handed him over to the police.
According to the charge sheet with number MAD/133ft/2018, Toyin was alleged to have committed the crime on 22nd August at Agbado-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area.
The Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Lasisi Basiru, revealed that the defendant tied the rope on the neck of the deceased at the scene of the crime and buried the corpse adding that Toyin had earlier been detained of a case of stealing goats.
The police prosecutor, Oriyomi Akinwale, pleaded that the court granted the request to remand the defendant in prison custody.
Defence counsel, Busuyi Ayorinde, pleaded that the duplicate case file be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for legal advice adding that application for bail will be filed before an appropriate court.
Magistrate Modupe Afeniforo, who presided over the case ordered that Toyin be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till 16th October.