Police arraigns 4 for alleged attempted murder in Ekiti

Police on Wednesday arraigned four men at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court, Ekiti State, for alleged attempted murder.

The defendants – Sunday Aernana, Aoufa Sule, Jonathan Elijah and Moses Iorana – were arraigned for allegedly conspiring to murder one Miss. Adebo Tadeni in Ikole Ekiti earlier this month.

The police prosecutor, Insp. Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 5.

He told the court that the complainant was abducted by the defendants and taken away to murder her, but she managed to escape unhurt.

Olasunkanmi said the offence contravened Sections 324 and 320 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

The prosecutor said the duplicated copy of the case file had been forwarded to the office of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

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The Chief Magistrate, Mr. A.O Oyebanji, ordered that the defendants be kept in police custody pending legal advice from DPP.

He adjourned the case till May 11 for mention.

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