By Adeyinka Adeniran
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday, remanded 24-year-old Nurudeen Hammed in a correctional facility, for allegedly killing his grandfather and uncle.
Hammed, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge of murder.
Speaking, police prosecutor, Olalekan Adegbite, an Inspector, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on September 8, at Apete area of Ibadan.
He said the defendant unlawfully caused the death of two people: his 80-year-old grandfather, Jimoh Oyekola, and his 46-year-old uncle, Semiu Oyekola.
According to him, the defendant usually steals from his grandfather’s house.
Adegbite further told the court that, on the fateful day, Hammed attacked his grandfather and uncle, “when they tried to prevent him from stealing from their house.”
According to him, the defendant strangled his grandfather and hit his uncle with a power bank on the jaw, when he tried to rescue the old man.
He said the offences contravene Sections 319 and 316 of the Criminal Law of Oyo State, 2000.
The magistrate, Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of the defendant for lack of jurisdiction.
She directed the police to return the case file to the directorate of public prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
Osho, thereafter, adjourned the case till November 12, for mention.
