An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of Sunday Afolabi, 32, for alleged murder.
The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a charge of murder.
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 28, in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant murdered a 28-year-old man, Bamidele Jimoh.
Apata said the defendant and the deceased had an argument which resulted in fighting but was later intervened by the police patrol.
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He said the following morning, the dead body of the deceased was found at the scene where they fought, while the necklace of the defendant was found at the scene of the crime.
He added that though, there was no eye witness, but the defendant was a suspect.
According to him, the offence contravened section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant in prison custody pending legal advice from the office of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The plea of the defendant was not taken.
The Magistrate, Mrs Kehinde Awosika, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison custody, pending advice from the office of the director of public prosecution.
Awosika adjourned the case until November 12, 2019, for mention.
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