Four
persons, who allegedly exhumed the corpse of their landlord before
selling his property today appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’
Court in Lagos. The three accused men and a woman are Silifatu
Abisile, 60; Jimoh Abisile, 52; Gbade Bakare, 56; and Isaiah Bakare, 45.
They are facing a-five-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, breach
of peace, forgery and false assumption of authority. The Police
Prosecutor, Williams Ologun, told the court that the accused committed
the offences on November 1, at Ishola Daniel Street in Oshodi area of
Lagos. He alleged that the accused had conspired to illegally sell the
house they were living, which did not belong to them. He said that a
prospective buyer had insisted they relocated the grave that was in
front of the house before he would make payments. “My Lord, they forged
an exhumation of corpse permit from Oshodi -Isolo Local Government and
dug up the corpse of the house owner, Sumonu Bakare, who was buried in
the compound. They also kidnapped the son of the deceased; Gbenro
Bakare, who is crippled, thinking he was the only surviving child of the
deceased,” he said. Ologun said that the first and second accused were
relations of the deceased while the third and fourth accused were long
time tenants on the property. He said that the third and fourth accused
had registered for change of name to ‘Bakare’, which was not their real
names, claiming to be the children of the deceased. The offences
contravened Sections 76 (1) [c], 168 (1) (d), 271 (1), 365 and 411 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. They, however, pleaded not guilty
to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Ojo, granted the accused
bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum. In
his ruling, Ojo insisted that one of each accused sureties must be a
blood relation and must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction. He
said each of the sureties must also show evidence of three years tax
payment to the Lagos Government and be gainfully employed. Ojo adjourned
the case until January 10 for trial.4 tenants arraigned in Lagos for exhuming landlords corpse and selling his proper
Four
persons, who allegedly exhumed the corpse of their landlord before
selling his property today appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’
Court in Lagos. The three accused men and a woman are Silifatu
Abisile, 60; Jimoh Abisile, 52; Gbade Bakare, 56; and Isaiah Bakare, 45.
They are facing a-five-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, breach
of peace, forgery and false assumption of authority. The Police
Prosecutor, Williams Ologun, told the court that the accused committed
the offences on November 1, at Ishola Daniel Street in Oshodi area of
Lagos. He alleged that the accused had conspired to illegally sell the
house they were living, which did not belong to them. He said that a
prospective buyer had insisted they relocated the grave that was in
front of the house before he would make payments. “My Lord, they forged
an exhumation of corpse permit from Oshodi -Isolo Local Government and
dug up the corpse of the house owner, Sumonu Bakare, who was buried in
the compound. They also kidnapped the son of the deceased; Gbenro
Bakare, who is crippled, thinking he was the only surviving child of the
deceased,” he said. Ologun said that the first and second accused were
relations of the deceased while the third and fourth accused were long
time tenants on the property. He said that the third and fourth accused
had registered for change of name to ‘Bakare’, which was not their real
names, claiming to be the children of the deceased. The offences
contravened Sections 76 (1) [c], 168 (1) (d), 271 (1), 365 and 411 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. They, however, pleaded not guilty
to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Ojo, granted the accused
bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum. In
his ruling, Ojo insisted that one of each accused sureties must be a
blood relation and must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction. He
said each of the sureties must also show evidence of three years tax
payment to the Lagos Government and be gainfully employed. Ojo adjourned
the case until January 10 for trial.
