A 30-year-old farmer, Haruna Mohammed of Shireke village,
Kaiama in Kaiama local government area of Kwara state, who
allegedly killed his friend over a bicycle has been charged to court
for culpable homicide.
The trial Magistrate ordered the accused to be remanded at the
Federal Prisons in Ilorin having appeared before it on a one-count
charge of culpable homicide, contrary to section 221 of penal code
law.
The accused was salleged to have on June 26, 2014 hacked his
friend to death in order to inherit his bicycle and his farm.
The Policemen at Kaiama divisional headquarters arrested the
accused following a complaint by one Sadiq Tori Musa of Woro
village that while he was in his house, one Ibrahim Zaki told him
the 52-year-old deceased, Abubakar Dankanu was found dead in
his hut.
According to the complainant, when he got to the deceased's house
he discovered deep cuts all over his head.
The long arm of the law caught up with the accused when a team
of police and vigilante arrested him along Shireke via Woro
village, off Kaiama with the deceased's bicycle.
The accused was said to have confessed that the Nokia handset and
some clothes found in his possession belonged to the deceased.
The Police First Information Report (FIR) stated that investigation
conducted at the department of criminal investigation, Ilorin,
revealed that the accused confessed to have entered the deceased's
hut and used hoe to hack him to death while sleeping because he
wanted to inherit his bicycle and farm.
The police prosecutor, Sergeant Bilikisu Adu objected to the bail of
the accused and urged the court to remand him in prison custody
pending the determination of the case.
Magistrate Shita Salihu remanded the accused at the federal
prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin pending the outcome of the investigation
and adjourned the case till August 20 for further mention.
Source

Too much poverty in Yoruba land

Dey will never front page this one? Yoruba crime should be swept under the carpet.

Encapsulation and synopsis of wretchedness

Omexonomy: Too much poverty in Yoruba land

Flat screen do those names sound Yoruba?