A 38-year-old hunter, Emmanuel Lamidi, was on Tuesday remanded in Prison Custody by an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly shooting his friend in the farm.
The Magistrate, Mrs Doyin Akosile ordered that the accused be remanded in custody pending Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP) legal advice.
She adjourned the case till June 16, for further hearing.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ikebuilo Monica, had told the court that the accused committed the offence at about 23:00 hours on May 8, at Awelewa farm, Ilawe-Ekiti.
She alleged that the accused, on the said day, time and place, unlawfully killed his friend, Benjamin Patrick by shooting him with a dane gun on the chest when they went hunting together.
According to her, the offence contravened Section 325 of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. She said that the case file has been forwarded to the office of the DPP for legal advice.
The plea of the accused was not taken, even as he said that he mistakenly killed his friend, saying “I killed an animal and not my friend.’’
His counsel, Mr Chris Omokhafe prayed the court for a short date of adjournment as they await the advice from DPP’s office.
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