Two remanded over student’s murder as court adjourns case

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, yesterday ordered the remand of Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole, the two principal suspects in the 2024 murder of Mojisola Awesu, a student of the State College of Health Technology, Offa.

The suspects were remanded in a correctional facility due to a lack of legal representation.The arraignment of the duo and five other suspects was scheduled, but their pleas could not be taken as the principal suspects were not represented in court.

Justice Yusuf adjourned the case to February 24 for the proper arraignment of the accused persons. Mojisola Awesu was reportedly lured to Ilorin by Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole on August 9, 2024. She was later murdered, and her body was dumped at a waste site in Ilorin.

The prime suspects, Adebayo and Kolawole, are accused of conspiring and causing Awesu’s death. Adebayo and his parents, Adebayo Adeniyi and Bukola Adeniyi, are also charged with conspiring to conceal and destroy evidence, an offence under the Kwara State Penal Code Law, 2006.

Also, Adeoye Adeola, Lawal Aminat, and Peter Bulus are accused of conspiring to dispose of Awesu’s corpse at a dump site along Wara Road in Ilorin, an offence punishable under the Kwara State Prohibition of Dealing in Human Parts Law, 2018.