Lagos Cultist: 20-yr-old jailed for murder after slitting guard's throat

A 20-year-old suspected cultist, Taiye Ajayi, has been remanded in prison for allegedly murdering a security guard, Meshack Ekpenyong, in Lagos.

A 20-year-old suspected cultist, Taiye Ajayi, has been remanded in prison for allegedly murdering a security guard, Meshack Ekpenyong, in Lagos.

Ajayi was arraigned before magistrate Bola Folarin-Williams of an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court on a four counts of murder and belonging to an unlawful society, Punch reports.

“That you, Taiye Ajayi, and others at large, on July 25, 2015, at about 7am at Ago-owu Street, Ilaje, Bariga, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit; murder…,” the charges read in part.

Student Pulse gathered that Ekpenyong, who lived in the Ibafo, Ogun State, was killed by persons believed to be members of the Eiye Confraternity at Ago-Owu Street, Ilaje in the Bariga area of Lagos State.

The deceased was reportedly on a visit to his mother.

In a remand application brought before the court, the Investigating Police Officer, Bamidele Olusegun, said the suspect was identified by a witness with further fingerprint evidence incriminating him.

Olusegun however said Ajayi had yet to confess to the crime.

The crimes Ajayi is accused of are punishable under sections 231, 221, 41 and 42 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011, according to the police prosecutor, Inspector Victor Eruada, who urged the court to remand the suspect pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The magistrate then ordered that Ajayi be remanded for the first 30 days permitted by law.