SOJI AJIBOLA, IBADAN
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded in prison seven persons who were suspected to be involved in killings and arsons recorded during an inter-ethnic clash at the popular Shasa foodstuffs market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The suspects are Tajudeen Oladunni, 50; Saburi Lawal, 37; Ojo Joshua, 25; Adekunle Olanrewaju, 38; Olagunju James, 24; Rasaq Yahya, 32 and Olaide Olawuyi, 20.
They were arraigned on a 6-count charge bordering on conspiracy, arson and murder.
The suspects were alleged to have caused the death of 32 persons and set ablaze properties worth N70 million.
The offence according to the charge sheet contravened the provisions of sections 6, and 316 and punishable under sections 443 and 319 and 516 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol.II, Laws of Oyo State 2000.
Magistrate I.O. Osho, ordered them to be remanded at the Correctional Centre while the case was adjourned till May 11, for mention.