Court remands suspected killers of Mojisola Awesu following counsel’s absence

By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court has ordered that the seven suspects linked to the murder of Mojisola Awesu, a student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, be remanded in a correctional facility.

This followed the absence of counsel for the 5th, 6th, and 7th defendants in court.

Counsel for the 1st and 4th defendants were also absent the last time the case was brought up for hearing on February 3.

Only the prime suspects, Adebayo Joshua Happiness and Timileyin Kolawole, were remanded in a correctional facility on the last adjourned date.

The absence of counsel for the 5th, 6th, and 7th defendants did not sit well with the trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, on Monday, prompting him to order that all seven defendants be remanded in a correctional facility until March 4, the next adjourned date.

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

Happiness Adebayo and his parents, Adebayo Adeniyi and Bukola Adeniyi, were accused of conspiring to conceal and destroy evidence, an offense punishable under the Penal Code Law of Kwara State, 2006.

Adeoye Adeola, Lawal Aminat, and Peter Bulus were accused of conspiring to dump Mojisola Awesu’s corpse at a dumpsite along Wara Road, Ilorin, an offense punishable under the Kwara State Prohibition of Dealing in Human Parts Law, 2018.