Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has discharged and acquitted the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Jide Awe, and two others of murder charge.
They had been on trial for the murder of Madam Juliana Adewunmi and Murphy Jeje – a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2013.
The late Adewunmi was the mother of Mr. Segun Adewunmi, the current Deputy Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly.
The two others discharged by Justice Bamidele Omotosho are Sola Adenijo and Sefiu Owonikoko. Owonikoko died about three weeks ago.
Their discharge and acquittal followed the withdrawal of the charge on Wednesday by the state Attorney Genera and Commissioner for Justice, Kolapo Kolade, on the orders of Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Kolade said the state was withdrawing the case in order to promote peace and brotherliness among the…
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