The absence of counsel to two principals accused in the murder of a final year female student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Mojisola Awesu, stalled the commencement of the trial of the suspects at the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, yesterday.
Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole are the prime suspects accused of conspiring and causing the death of Awesu Mojisola on August 9, 2024.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the court could not take the pleas of the accused because the principal accused persons were not represented.
Therefore, the judge, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, ruled that Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole be remanded in a correctional facility. The case was adjourned until February 24 for the proper arraignment of the accused persons.
All the seven suspects allegedly involved in the case appeared in court on Monday over the murder of Mojisola Awesu.
LEADERSHIP recalled that the deceased was allegedly lured to Ilorin by one Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole and was later murdered, after which her corpse was dumped at a dump site in the Wara area of Ilorin.
Happiness Adebayo and his parents, Adebayo Adeniyi and Bukola Adeniyi, were accused of conspiring to cause the disappearance and destruction of evidence, which is 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 Wara Road, Ilorin, an offence punishable under the Kwara state Prohibition of Dealing in Human Parts Law, 2018.