Absence of counsel to two principal accused persons in the murder of a final year female student, Mojisola Awesu, stalled scheduled prosecution proceedings at the Kwara state High Court, Ilorin on Monday.
Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole are the prime suspects accused of conspiring and causing the death of Awesu Mojisola on August 9, 2024.
Tribune Online gathered that the court could not hear pleas of the accused persons because the principal accused persons were not represented in the court.
Therefore, the judge, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, ruled that the principal accused persons, Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole, be remanded in the correctional facility while the case was adjourned till February 24 for proper arraignment of the accused persons.
Tribune reports that all the seven suspects involved in the case appeared in court on Monday over the murder of Mojisola Awesu, a student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa.
It be recalled that the deceased was allegedly lured to Ilorin, by one Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole and was later murdered before her corpse was dumped at a dump site in Warah community, Ilorin.
Happiness Adebayo and his parents, Adebayo Adeniyi and Bukola Adeniyi, were accused of conspiring and causing the disappearance and destruction of evidence punishable under the Penal Code Law of Kwara state, 2006.
Adeoye Adeola, Lawal Aminat, and Peter Bulus were accused of conspiring and dumping the corpse of Mojisola Awesu at a dump site along Warah Road, Ilorin, punishable under the Kwara state Prohibition of Dealing in Human Parts Law, 2018.
