Court remands 28-year-old for cultism

An Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a 28-year-old man, Afolabi Ayomide, in the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged membership of a secret cult. The police prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Bamigbade, told the court yesterday that the defendant committed the offence on November 9, 2021,  in Ado-Ekiti. Bamigbade said the defendant was found […]

An Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a 28-year-old man, Afolabi Ayomide, in the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged membership of a secret cult.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Bamigbade, told the court yesterday that the defendant committed the offence on November 9, 2021,  in Ado-Ekiti.

Bamigbade said the defendant was found to be a member of Eiye confraternity.

He said the offence contravenes Section 2 of Secret Cult Abolition and Prohibition Law, 2017.

The prosecutor urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre, pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

The plea of the defendant was, however, not taken.

The magistrate, Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele, ordered the remand of the defendant in the correctional centre, pending issuance of legal advice, and   adjourned the case until December 1, 2021, for mention.