A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Friday, August 18, 2023, remanded a 37-year-old man, Taiwo Ishola, for killing his younger brother’s two children

The defendant whose address was not provided is facing a one-count charge of murder.

The police counsel, F.A. Oyewole, who moved a motion in relation to Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of Ogun State, prayed for an order to remand the defendant.

Oyewole asked for the defendant’s remand for 60 days in the first instance at the Oba Correctional Centre, pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

He disclosed that Ishola committed the offence at about 5:30 p.m. at Mile 6 area of Obafe road in Abeokuta on August 5, 2023.

He said the defendant killed one Promise Ishola, 9, and Testimony Ishola, 7, the sons of his younger brother, Idowu Ishola.

Oyewole added that the defendant used a matchete to cut the children’s heads and other parts of their bodies, leading to their death.

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The counsel explained that the defendant went to the younger brother’s house and picked them up with a motorcycle when their parents were not around.

He said when the parents of the deceased came back from work and noticed their children were not at home, they went searching for them.

Oyewole told the court that a co-landlord in the area told the parents of the deceased that they saw the kids with Taiwo who is his elder brother.

He added: “When the defendant was asked, he said he did not see the children, which made the co-landlord to declare that he was a suspect.

“This prompted the deceased children’s father to report his brother to the police.

“Upon his arrest and during investigation, the defendant made a confessional statement that he killed his two nephews inside the bush.

“The police later went to the scene of the crime and found the remains of the children.”

Oyewole however said the offence committed contravenes section 316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, 2006.

The Chief Magistrate, Esther Idowu, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Oba Correctional Centre, pending legal advice from state DPP.

Idowu, therefore, adjourned the case until October 16, 2023, for mention.

The Star