Court remands suspected killers of MC Oluomo’s aide in prison

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on Tuesday, remanded two
men, Ayuba Balogun and Evans Adamson, in prison custody over
alleged possession of firearms and murder of one Olayinka
Mamora.

Mamora (a.k.a Momok) until his death in 2015, was an aide to the
then Lagos State Treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport
Workers (NURTW) Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (a.k.a MC Oluomo).

Akinsanya is now the NURTW State Chairman.

The assailants, 10 in number, rode on motorcycles to Mosaku
Street in Oshodi and shot Mamora in the head.

The late Mamok, 46, said to be a relative Senator Olorunnimbe
Mamora was survived by an aged mother, wife and child.

The deceased was killed inside a barbing saloon while shaving
his hair.

The saloon is three houses away from the deceased’s
residence.

According to an eyewitness, the assailants after killing Mamok,
dragged his lifeless body outside and put it on top of his
ash-colored Honda saloon car.

One of them said: “The assailants’ gunshots made residents and
passers-by scampered in different directions for safety. Those
guys, who killed Mamok after satisfying themselves that he was
dead, left on their motorcycles immediately,” he said.

At the court yesterday, Magistrate B.I. Bakare ordered the
remand of the defendants – Balogun and Adamson – for the next 30
days, pursuant to Section 264 (1), (2) (3) (4) and (60 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos state 2015 and
Section 35 (1) 9c) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

The prosecutor, Mr Morufu Animashaun, informed the court that
the defendants were brought on a remand warrant application charge,
dated October 28.

He prayed the court to remand the duo in prison custody pending
the issuance of legal advice from the office of the Directorate of
Public Prosecution (DPP).

Animashaun further informed the court that the defendants and
others still at large on September 30, 2015, at about 7:30pm,
mobilised themselves and invaded a barbing saloon, along Mosaku
Street, Oshodi Lagos, shot and killed one Olayinka Mamora.

He said that they shot Mamora with a gun and left him in a pool
of blood.

The prosecution attached to the application, a 12-paragraph
affidavit and a petition, deposed to by one Inspector Abideen
Adewale, attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

In the petition, it was stated that the deceased went to visit
his father at Mosaku Street Mafoloku, Oshodi.

While he was there, he decided to go and cut his hair at a
barbing saloon which is about three buildings away from his father
‘s house.

The petition further stated that the defendants and others at
large invaded the saloon, attacked and dragged out the deceased
from the chair where he was seated to barb his hair.

Animashaun told the court that Balogun, also known as Black
Jesus, shot him on the head and chest which resulted in his
death.

According to the prosecutor, the defendants dragged the corpse
and placed it on the vehicle of the deceased bonnet, and
immediately fled the area.

The prosecutor said during the course of the investigation,
three pump action guns, and ten live cartridges were recovered from
the defendants’ criminal hideout at Mowe- Ibafo, Ogun state and
Oshodi.

He said: “This is a murder case and the autopsy report, from the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), revealed that
the deceased died of severe cerebral injuries to the heart,
resulting from the gun shot”.

“I, Pray this honourable court to grant this application, it
will be in the interest of justice to grant this application. As I
am speaking before the court, we have duplicated the case file and
sent it to the Director of Public Prosecution, (DPP) for legal
advice,” Animashaun said.

Responding, counsel to the defendants’ Mr Prince Adebayo,
informed the court that the defendants have been in custody for the
past four months over a crime they knew nothing about.

He said “The prosecutor alleged that the defendants were charged
with firearms and murder without being arraigned, I would be asking
for a short adjournment.”

Consequently Magistrate Bakare granted the application to remand
the duo in custody.

He said “The application of the prosecution in pursuant to
Section 264, of the administration of criminal justice law of Lagos
state 2015 is granted.

“The two defendants are remanded in prison custody for the next
30days”, Bakare said.

The case has been adjourned till December 3.

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The minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare
restated that the administration of His Excellency, President
Muhammed Buhari encourages and supports any platform that enhances
the development of sports and youth, especially African Youth

1. According to him, the approved African Union Sports Council
   Region 2 Strategic plan 2017 – 2024 lays emphasis on training and
   retraining of Youth and Sports Administrators.
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   Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola, made this known while
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   Development, Nigeria is spearheading the seminar to groom young
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7. The seminar has youth representatives from 15 ECOWAS Countries,
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Ngozi Obiechina

Information Officer

For: Director, Press