Suspected kidnapper, Wakili, two sons remanded in prison
Mr Wakili was arrested on March 7 by men of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and other local security groups.
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An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court in Ibadan on Tuesday ordered the remand in a correctional facility a man alleged by residents of Ibarapa in Oyo State to be responsible for a series of kidnappings and killings in the area has been arrested.
The police charged Iskilu Wakili alongside his sons Abu, 45, and Samaila, 27; and Aliyu Manu, 20, with six counts of conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and armed robbery.
The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Idowu, who did not take the plea of the suspects for want of jurisdiction, remanded them in Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo State.