Court remands pastor for allegedly killing his tenant in Ondo

<p>Abdulateef Suliaman, the prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on the 4th of April 2023, at No.14 Moferere Street Owe-Akala, Akure, at about 3 pm.</p>, <p>However, the quick intervention of the Kurfi DPO who led a Police patrol team to the area repelled the terrorists after a fierce gun duel and saved the community.</p>, <p>Defence counsel, however, prayed the court for an adjournment to enable his client to file a counter affidavit to the application sought by the prosecutor.</p>, <p>According to CSP Gambo, “many of the terrorists were reasonably believed to have been neutralized or may have escaped the scene with gunshots wounds, noting that “search parties are combing the nearest bushes with a view of arresting them and/or recovering their dead bodies.”</p>, <p>A magistrates’ court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 56-year-old pastor, identified as Emmanuel Adebayo, over the alleged murder of a 50-year-old woman, Toyin Olatunji.</p>, <p>Sulaiman added that the offence contravenes Sections 310 and 316 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ondo, 2006.</p>, <p>Newly promoted Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and Public Relations Officer of the Katsina Command, Gambo Isah who disclosed this in a press statement said the command received a distress call on the attack at about 1:30am on Friday that the terrorists stormed the community in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles before attacking the residence of the Sarkin Fulani in Danmarke village at Dagwarwa District.</p>, <p>The prosecutor said a quarrel ensued between the duo and out of anger, the defendant unlawfully killed the woman by pushing her to the floor. The defendant became unconscious and later died.</p>, <p>Emmanuel Adebayo, a pastor in a Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, was arrested in his residence in connection with his tenant’s death.</p>, <p>Magistrate Tope Aladejana ordered the remand of the defendant in Olokuta Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till th