Court remands five in connection with lynching ‘yahoo boy’ in Ondo

Five people have been charged by the Ondo State Police Command over the death of Temitope Olorunfemi, who was allegedly a “yahoo boy,” before the state’s Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure, the state’s capital.

After his Toyota Camry automobile on Easter Monday crushed one person to death and maimed numerous others, Olorunfemi was killed by locals in Akure’s Ijoka neighborhood.

They claimed to have discovered some fetish things inside the car, leading them to suspect that he was an online scammer, and they set fire to the vehicle as well.

Five people were detained by the state police and have been charged in relation to the occurrence.

The defendants, who were arraigned on three counts of felony, illegal murder, and arson, included Victor Amos, 30, Ismalia, 32, Pelumi Farotimi, 42, Nurudeen Kumuyi, 22, and Samuel Olatunji, 23.

The defendants and additional people still at large, according to the prosecution, committed the crime on April 10, 2023, at 9:00 am on Ijoka Road in Akure, in front of Odopo Town Hall.

The accused conspired to conduct a felony and an unlawful murder of the dead, the prosecution, Inspector Nelson Akintimehin, told the court. Additionally, he claimed that the victim was brutally murdered with sticks, stones, and other dangerous objects.

He also testified before the court that the offenders intentionally put one Toyota Camry with the license plate KRD 627 GY on fire.

The offenses violate Sections 324, 316(1), and 451(6)(J) of the Criminals Code, Cap 37 Vol. 2 Laws of Ondo State, according to the charge.

The prosecutor requested that the defendant be held at the Olokuta Correctional Center while the state’s office of the director of public prosecutions issues its opinion.

However, O. Agbede, the defense attorney, requested a postponement so that each defendant may submit a counter-affidavit in response to the prosecutor’s application.

The Chief Magistrate Musa Al-Yunus granted the defense attorneys’ requests in his decision and postponed the case until April 27, 2023 while they responded to the affidavit and ruling.