By Tunde Olamilekan
An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has remanded five individuals over an alleged ritual attack on a 16-year-old boy, Farouq Abdulahi Taiwo, in Ikire.
The suspects are: Awotunde Saudat, Muyideen Olutoki, Fatai Abiodun, Usman Ademola and Ismaila Abiodun, all accused of conspiracy and attempted murder.
At the hearing, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them by the police.
Presiding judge, Ayilara, however, directed that the accused persons be remanded at the Ilesa Correctional Centre pending further proceedings.
Court documents indicated that the case has now been transferred to the Chief Magistrate Court in Ikire and is listed under charge number MOS/SSA CID/15c/2025.
According to the charge sheet, “the defendants allegedly conspired on July 25, 2025, at the Ako area of Awotedo to commit felony, namely murder, contrary to Section 324 of the Criminal Code of Osun State.”
A second count alleges that “the accused attempted to unlawfully kill Farouq Abdulahi Taiwo by attacking him with a cutlass and attempting to remove his internal organs for ritual purposes, an offence punishable under Section 320 of the same law.”
When the matter came up before Magistrate M. A. Ojo at Ikire on Thursday, January 15, proceedings were adjourned to January 21 to allow the defence to file a bail application.
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