An Osogbo Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state capital on Wednesday remanded two middle-aged females identified as Suliyat Tajudeen and Ayomide Abdulazeez in Ilesa Correctional centre for alleged attempted murder on the Osun state governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola during #EndSARS protest in the state recently.
The accused persons who were charged on a six-count charge bordering on attempted murder, malicious damage, burglary and stealing, pleaded not guilty to the offences preferred against them.
The police prosecutor, John Idoko, however, faulted their claims that they were not guilty and insisted that, they should be punished according to the law of the land.
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Counsel to the accused persons, Nurudeen Kareem applied for their bail on the most liberal term.
The prosecutor, however, opposed the bail saying, “they will jump bail considering the overwhelming evidence the police have against them”.
In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Dr Olusegun Ajilara ordered that they should be remanded in Ilesha prison while further hearing on the case had been fixed for 20th November 2020.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) was sacked to solve the internal leadership crises rocking the party.
The party also said that immediately the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee was put in place after the NWC’s dissolution, the crises that had characterised its affairs were laid to rest.
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A Kano based industrialist, Chief Kalu Ogbonnaya, has advised the Federal Government to take necessary steps to stimulate the nation’s economy to prevent a recession post COVID-19.
Ogbonnaya who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kano, said as a result of the coronavirus raving the world, no business has been moving.
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