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Court Remands Adeleke’s Appointee For Murder

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1 year ago

February 1, 2024

A member of Osun Park Management System, Olalekan Oyeyemi, was on Thursday remanded in Ile-Ife Correctional Centre by a Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun State.

Oyeyemi, also known as ‘Emir’ was appointed by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke.

He was dragged before the court by the Nigeria Police Force, which slammed an 11-count against him.

He had earlier been arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Osun State Police Command in 2023 for beating a man into coma.

At Thursday’s sitting, shortly after Oyeyemi was docked, and his charge was about to be read, his counsel, Edmund Biriomoni, raised the issue of jurisdiction.

Biriomoni, who had challenged the jurisdiction of the court to hear the matter, as well as some of the counts listed against his client, said he had filed a preliminary objection to the murder charge pressed against Oyeyemi.

He said, “We were served with an 11-count charge. We are challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the matter. We are challenging the jurisdiction of the court to take the plea of the defendant on Counts 4 to 8, which bother on murder.

“We filed a preliminary objection to the first charge that has murder from number 1 to 4 and the prosecutor substituted the charge, and changed the numbers we are challenging.”

Responding, the prosecutor, Umar Usman, from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, asked the court to withdraw a charge previously filed before it dated October 16, 2023, and replace it with an amended charge dated January 31, 2024.

The prosecutor subsequently urged the court to take the plea of the defendant, having accepted the amended charge.

But defence counsel, after going through the amended charge, sought the relief of the court to verbally challenge counts 4 to 11 of the new charge, but the move was rejected by the court.

Usman contended that objection to the jurisdiction could only be raised after a plea of the defendant had been taken, asking the court to allow the matter to proceed.

However, in his ruling, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel granted the withdrawal and substitution of the charge.

He remanded the defendant in Ile-Ife Correctional Centre, urging Biriomoni to file a formal application for objection to the amended charge on behalf of his client.

The court subsequently adjourned the matter till March 5.

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I Will Not Move Out Of My Husband’s House, Divorced Woman Tells Court

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8 hours ago

June 28, 2025

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A mother of six, Latinate Sanusi, has told a Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, that she cannot leave her former husband’s house after three pronouncement of divorce.

Latinate stated this in response to Abdulrazak Yunusa’s prayer to confirm the three pronouncement of divorce he made to her and compel her to leave his house.

“My children are all girls and I intend to stay so that I can take care of them; after all he does not provide most of their needs,” she said.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the complainant told the court that he takes care of his family adding that he divorced her because she was not submissive.

The judge, Malam Kabir Muhammad after listening to both parties confirmed the three pronouncement of divorce between the couple.

He explained that there was no marriage between the couple until the woman remarries.

“What is before me is a suit on confirmation of divorce; the issue of children custody can be filed as a fresh case,” he said.

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Court Dissolves Marriage On Couple’s Agreement

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8 hours ago

June 28, 2025

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An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between one Mujidat Abdullahi and Muyideen Raji based on mutual agreement.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the presiding judge, Toyin Aluko, in his ruling said that the husband sent a letter to the court, saying that he has agreed to the divorce application of his wife.

Aluko said that since the two parties have agreed to divorce, there was no need to prolong the case.

He added that marriage should not be forced on anyone.

Aluko, therefore, dissolved their marriage and awarded custody of the only child of their marriage to the wife, due to the child’s young age.

The court ordered that the woman should observe the iddah (waiting) period before she could remarry again.

It also ordered that a copy of the ruling be made available to the husband.

Raji was ordered to pay the sum of N10,000 monthly for the child’s feeding and upkeep.

He was also granted the opportunity to have unlimited access to the child, but at a reasonable time.

Earlier, the wife had told the court that she was tired of the marriage due to lack of love and care, adding that she wanted divorce.

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My Ex-wife Wants To Kill Me, Man Cries To Court

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8 hours ago

June 28, 2025

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A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi, before a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, alleging that she is threatening to kill him.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the counsel to Yunusa, Faham Ahmad, told the court that she threatened to stab him.

“She sometimes threatens my client with a pestle. I am afraid she wants to kill him”, he said.

He requested an order mandating Latifat to go back to her parent’s house pending when the case was finalised.

On her part, the accused denied the claim, saying she had no intention of killing the father of her children.

The judge, Malam Muhammad Kabir, referred the case to the police for investigation and adjourned the case.