A 75-year-old self-acclaimed traditional ruler of Oguntedu town in Satellite Town, Lateef Olarinde, his son, Yusufu, and three others have been arraigned in court over alleged murder and armed robbery.
The three others charged for alleged multiple murders, armed robbery, illegal possession of fire arms and sundry crimes by the Lagos State police command are Sanni Olarinde, Kazeem Sadiku and Ayomide Babatunde.
Their arraignment, according to the police, followed the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mrs A.O. Adeyemi, who said;
A prime facie case of murder, armed robbery, grievous harm, unlawful of possession of fire arms were established against them. The offences are contrary to Sections 224297(2) (a) 245 and 298(3) of the criminal Law Cap Ch. C17, vol.3, Laws of Lagos State (2015).
In the nine-count charge against the defendants in suit N01269C/2020, before Justice Ighile of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, they allegedly conspired to commit murder, armed robbery and other grievous crimes.
They were also accused of exhuming the body of King of the Oguntedo Town, Oba Babatunde Olarinde, and burnt it.
However, the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges and were ordered to be remanded in police custody.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu paraded the suspects, alleging that they were the brains behind heinous crimes, including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and flagrant disobedience to extant laws in the Satellite Town and its environs for some time now.
Odumosu added;
No fewer than 17 witnesses who suffered wanton destruction of their properties, including a middle-aged woman, whose son was gruesomely murdered in cold blood, voluntarily testified against the father and son to police investigators.
