Kwara: Murder suspects of final year student plead not guilty

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Kwara: Murder suspects of final year student plead not guilty

The seven accused persons charged with the alleged murder of a final-year female student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Mojisola Awesu, have all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday ordered the suspects to be remanded in the correctional facility at the last court session due to the absence of their counsel.

On Tuesday, all seven suspects involved in the case appeared in court over the murder of Mojisola Awesu.

The prosecution, led by the State Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Idowu Ayoola Akande, had asked the court to go ahead with the hearing on the matter after the defendants had pleaded not guilty, while the defence counsel argued that they were not prepared for the hearing because the matter was adjourned for arraignment and not for hearing at the last adjourned date.

Thus, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf adjourned the case till March 12, 2025, for hearing.

Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole are the prime suspects accused of conspiring and causing the death of Mojisola Awesu on August 9, 2024.

DAILY POST recalls that the deceased was allegedly lured to Ilorin by Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole and was later murdered before her corpse was dumped at a dumpsite in Warah community, Ilorin.

Happiness Adebayo and his parents, Adebayo Adeniyi and Bukola Adeniyi, were accused of allegedly 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 dumpsite along Warah Road, Ilorin, punishable under the Kwara State Prohibition of Dealing in Human Parts Law, 2018.