For allegedly kidnapping his father, Olumuyiwa Bamidele, and threatening to kill him if he did not give him N500,000, a man identified as Jeremiah Bamidele, was on Wednesday, ordered to be remanded in Agodi Prison by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan.
The 29-year-old who resides in Idi-Ayunre area in Ibadan, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, demanding with menace and attempt to murder.
While speaking during court’s proceedings, the prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused conspired with some others still at large to commit the offences on December 21, 2016 at his residence, adding that the accused kidnapped his father and threatened to kill him if he did not give him N500,000.
He said: “The accused had put a cutlass to his father’s neck in an attempt to murder him before he was rescued by neighbours.”
The offences contravened Sections 320 (1) and 516 of the Criminal Law of Oyo State, 2,000, which prescribes life imprisonment for offenders. The counsel to the accused, Mr. Tope Olayinka, urged the court to grant his client bail on liberal terms.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Abiona Richard, who refused Olayinka’s plea, remanded Bamidele at Agodi Prison custody and ordered that the file be forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for legal advice. She adjourned the case to February 6 for mention.
