Human skulls in church: Police remand suspects
The devotees who were arrested in their shrine with the decomposed body of their leader, Prophet Adebayo Oladele, penultimate Friday were arraigned before the court on a five count charge of conspiracy, misconduct to corpse and breach of public peace. The accused persons were also alleged to have illegally encroached on a piece of land […]
The devotees who were arrested in their shrine with the decomposed body of their leader, Prophet Adebayo Oladele, penultimate Friday were arraigned before the court on a five count charge of conspiracy, misconduct to corpse and breach of public peace.
The accused persons were also alleged to have illegally encroached on a piece of land belonging to the federal government and for preventing the people of the state access to the land.
The accused persons are Janet Oluwaloni Oladele (40), Akinlolu Oladele (56), Olusanmi Ajayi Oladele (55), Moses Adebisi Oladele (45) and Gabriel Oladele (39). According to the police prosecutor, Sergeant Joshua Oladunjoye, the accused persons conducted themselves in an improper manner by indirectly interfering with the corpse of prophet Adebayo Oladele, the spiritual head of the MGM by failing, refusing or neglecting to bury his corpse and instead, chose to worship his carcas, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under section 518, 242 (1), 81 and 249(d) of the criminal code cap 34 Volume II, laws of Osun State.
The prosecutor told the court not to grant the accused persons bail, insisting that the police were still investigating the matter.
When the offences were read to the accused persons, they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The defence counsel, Tiamiyu Adegboye did not however plead for the bail of the accused persons but only requested that the suspects should be remanded in police custody for easy access to them.
Presiding magistrate, Olalekan Ijiyode, in his ruling overruled the plea of the defence counsel and ordered that the accused persons be remanded at Ilesa prison.
The hearing of the case was adjourned to February 26, 2010.