Taye Ishola, the 37-year-old man who
murdered his younger brother’s two
daughters in a bush in Abeokuta, has been
remanded in prison.


DAILY POST had earlier reported how Taye
visited his brother, Idowu Agbaje Ishola’s
residence in Kemta Abata area of Abeokuta,
the Ogun State capital, on August 5, to take
away the two girls on his motorbike.


The two girls, Promise, 9; and Testimony, 7,
were declared missing when Idowu and his
wife returned home later in the evening.
Neighbours, who saw the minors on his
elder brother’s bike, told Idowu to ask his
brother about their whereabouts.


When he was confronted, Taye denied any
knowledge of the girls’ whereabouts, saying
he only dropped them at the market.
However, he confessed to the police and
led them to the bush where he reportedly
slaughtered his nieces, saying it was the
devil’s handiwork.


The police on Friday arraigned the suspect
before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on a
one-count charge of murder.


The Police Counsel, F.A. Oyewole, had
prayed the court for an order to remand the
defendant in relation to Section 306 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of
Ogun.

Oyewole requested that the defendant be
remanded for 60 days, in the first instance,
at the Oba Correctional Centre pending
advice from the State Director of Public
Prosecution (DPP).


The counsel told the court that Ishola had
committed the offence at about 5:30 p.m.
at Mile 6, Obafe road, Abeokuta.
He said, “the defendant killed one Promise
Ishola, 9, and Testimony Ishola, 7, the sons
of his younger brother Idowu Ishola.”
According to Oyewole, “the defendant used
a matchete to cut the children’s heads and
other parts of their bodies, leading to their
death.”


The offence, he added, contravenes Section
316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Laws of
Ogun 2006.


The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Esther Idowu,
ordered the remand of suspect at Oba,
pending the DPP’s legal advice.
The case has since been adjourned until
October 16 for mention

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illicit:


You said daughters, you said sons


Which one now