Court acquits Ex-Oyo whip over murder of Sugar

An Oyo High Court has discharged and acquitted the immediate past Chief Whip of Oyo House of Assembly, Olafisoye Akinmoyede, who represented Lagelu state constituency in the Eight Assembly over the murder of a federal lawmaker Mr. Temitope Olatoye Sugar.

Until his death, Sugar’ represented Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency in the House of Representatives in the eighth assembly. He was the Chairman, House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning. But, Akinmoyede, fondly called Lafi alongside the other three suspects namely, Rafiu Adebayo, Rasheed Oladele, and Kazeem Ayinde were all set free on Thursday.

The court held that Prosecution Witness One who was the star witness in the case, Mr Olajide Olatoye, a younger brother to the deceased when putting on oath, submitted that none of all the four accused was involved in the murder of his elder brother, but one Jelili Okanlomo, who is still at large, committed the crime.

“For this reason, I will not consider the evidence by the four defendants, in its defence, as the prosecution has not established any of the ingredients of the two offences charged so as to warrant the court to ask any of the four defendants to enter upon its defence.

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