Court remands task force official for alleged murder

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a task force official, Afeez Garba, 39, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly killing a motorcyclist.

The police charged Garba with murder.

The magistrate, Mrs. Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of Garba into jurisdiction.

She directed the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

Osho thereafter adjourned the case until June 20 for mention.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that Garba committed the offence on April 10, at about 7.30 a.m, around Gate Bus stop, Ibadan.

Adegbite alleged that Garba caused the death of a motorcyclist, Saburi Subaru, 44, by hitting him on the head with his fist.

Adegbite alleged that the defendant, being a motorcycle task force member in the area, fought with Subaru for not paying to obtain a ticket to operate in the area.

The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 316 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.