Man Remanded Over Friend’s Death In Kwara

One Oloba Maroof Afolayan has been remanded for allegedly causing the death of his friend, Mustapha Balogun.

The suspect was remanded by Magistrate Monisola Kamson of the Ilorin Magistrate Court.

The suspect was facing an alleged offence of Criminal conspiracy, false impersonation and culpable homicide contrary to sections 97, 179 and 221 of the Penal Code Law.

Information by the police noted that the deceased’s wife, Mustapha Halimat, received a call that her husband fell at his workplace and subsequently rushed to the hospital.

Halimat, through the report, revealed that she discovered that her husband was brought into the hospital dead.

The police investigation, however, led to the arrest of the defendant (Afolayan), who reportedly travelled down to Samora, his hometown, with the deceased to perform family ritual rites.

The deceased, according to the police report, was sick and vomiting, but the defendant allegedly failed to take him to a nearby hospital for treatment or report the incident at a police station.

The defendant allegedly brought the deceased down to a private hospital in Ilorin from his hometown, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The prosecutor, Abdullah Sanni, urged the court to order the remand of the defendant in the correctional facility, considering the gravity of the alleged offence which is not ordinarily bailable.

Magistrate Monisola Kamson, who presided over the matter, granted the application and ordered Afolayan’s remand in the Oke Kura Correctional Facility while the case was adjourned to March 1, 2024.