3 men arraigned for allegedly attempting to exhume corpse

The police, on Tuesday arraigned three men in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court for attempting to exhume a corpse with the aim of cutting off body parts.

The Police Prosecutor, ASP Amos Adewale, informed the court that the defendants allegedly conspired to commit the offence on March 19, at about 1:15 a.m. at Alapata area, Apata, Ibadan.

It was gathered that the police charged Tayo Badmus, 34; Adeleke Ridwan, 20, and Saheed Akorede, 41, with two counts of conspiracy and attempting to exhume corpse.

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Adewale who said the defendants attempted to exhume a corpse which had been buried in the area with the intention to cut off some parts, added that some people in the community, caught the defendants and handed them over to the police.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Idowu, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N100, 000 each with two sureties each in like sum and adjourned the case until July 15 for mention.

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