Lagos – Four people arrested in connection with the death of the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Mr Tajudeen Disu, have been remanded in prison custody by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
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The accused — Dele Jaiye (40), Tunde Ismaila (27), Shakirat Agbaje (40), and Olalekan Oshinowo (30), are facing a 12-count charge bordering on assault, murder, conspiracy, attempted murder and unlawful gathering.
Magistrate Mrs Folashade Botoku had ordered that the accused be remanded, pending legal advice from the Office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She then adjourned the case to Feb. 15, for the DPP’s advice.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Disu was allegedly killed on Oct.12, during an uproar between the management of the Zone and the indigenes of one of its host communities.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione, alleged that accused persons had on Oct.12, at about 9: 00 a.m., at Dangote Refinery Company, Lekki Trade Zone, conspired to commit the offences.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 44, 45, 409 and 410 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.(NAN)