Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele of Benin
High Court on Wednesday remanded in prison custody two Federal Road Safety
Commission ( FRSC) officials, Onotu Joseph, 33, and Francis Igboh, 35, for
alleged murder of Mr Samuel Odion.
Earlier, Police prosecutor, SP
Peter Ogumba, in motion exparte applied for the transfer of the accused persons
from the police detention and be remanded in the correctional centre.
The accused persons were alleged
to have conspired and killed Odion on Oct. 14, 2019 at Owa Hill, Benin-Asaba
Express Road, NAN reports.
The two accused persons were said
to have allegedly given fist blows all over Odion’s body and killed him, and
thereafter threw his body inside the bush.
The accused persons were charged
to court on two counts of conspiracy and unlawful killing.
The offences contravened Sections
324 and 319(1) of the Criminal Code Cap. 48 Vol. II, laws of the defunct Bendel
State of Nigeria 1976, now applicable in Edo.
However, their plea was not taken
as the judge adjourned the case until Nov. 12.
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