A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has remanded an appointee of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Oyeyemi Olalekan, in Ilesa Correctional Centre for alleged serial murder and terrorism.
Olalekan, popularly called ‘Emir’, was appointed by Adeleke as a member of Osun State Transport Management System.The police also arraigned him for alleged conspiracy, unlawful killing, malicious damage, among others.
The alleged crimes, according to the charge sheet, contravened the provision of Section 26 (1) (a) of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and Section 2 (2) (h) of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2013.
Olalekan, who was first arraigned on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to the charges read to him in court. His counsel, Edmund Biriomoni, presented the bail application to the court.
But at the resumption of his bail hearing, yesterday, the prosecution counsel, led by Rabiu Usman, pleaded that the court grant him adjournment to file his objection to the bail application of the defendant.
The presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the correctional centre and adjourned the case till March 19, 2023, to allow the prosecution move the counter-bail application and for its hearing.
