Alleged murder: Court sends “Auxiliary” to Agodi prison

A former Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi also known as Auxiliary, has been remanded at Agodi prison, Ibadan for alleged murder.

Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi ordered the remand of the 63-year-old Auxiliary till July 11, 2024, due to lack of jurisdiction.

Ogunkanmi said the remand was pending the issuance of legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Auxiliary was on Thursday charged with conspiracy, causing death and stealing at an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan.

DSP Funke Fawole, Officer-in-Charge, Legal Department of the Police, Oyo State Command, told the court that Lamidi and others now at large, allegedly conspired to commit the offences.

Fawole alleged that on June 16, 2021, at about 3.30 p.m., Auxiliary and others now at large caused the death of 36-year-old Azeez Rahman Abiodun, by stabbing him with a knife in the chest.

He also alleged that on June 16, 2021, the defendant and others, conspired and stole assorted phones worth N150 million belonging to Azeez Hammed Adebayo.

She said the offences were committed at Baba-Onilu Shopping Complex, Iwo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State.

She said the offences were punishable under Sections 319, l1l, 390 (9), 324 and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

The former PMS boss who was arrested by the men of Department of State Service at his residence in Olodo area, Ibadan a few days ago was earlier on Thursday paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat before journalists in Ibadan.