An Osogbo High Court in Osun state on Wednesday remanded eight persons in Ilesa prison for allegedly defrauding an Osun lawmaker of N38 million.
The accused including Kazeem Agbabiaka ,40, Abdulrasheed Ojonla, 45, Femi Oyebode,30, Babatunde Oluajo,50, and Adebiyi Kehinde, 42 are being tried for conspiracy and fraud.
Other accused are Oyebamiji Oyeniyi, 32, Ismaila Azeez, 45, and Awodunmola kehinde, 44.
The Magistrate, Mr Olusegun Ayilara, ordered them to be remanded in prison custody until September 28 when their plea would be taken.
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The Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police John Idoko told the court that the accused committed the offences between April and July in Oluajo area of Osogbo.
Idoko said the accused conspired to defraud the Majority Leader, Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of the sum of N38…
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