A State Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo has ordered the remand of John Odah in prison for allegedly killing his employer’s husband with a machete.
John Odah was arrested by the operatives of the state police command, for allegedly committing the crime on April 18, 2025, at Agbajo farm, in Ilu-Abo, Akure North Local Government Area of the state.
The wife of the deceased had employed the defendant to work on their farm.
Unfortunately, on the day of the incident, Odah had offered the deceased Indian hemp, which was rejected.
As a result of the Indian hemp rejection, a fierce argument and confrontation ensued, leading to Odah using the machete to strike the deceased.
He was arrested and faces a one-count charge of murder.
The prosecutor, Inspector Nelson Akintimehin, during the arraignment in court, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at about 2 pm April 18, 2025, at Agbajo Farm, at Ilu-Abo in Akure.
Akintimehin alleged that Odah inflicted fatal machete wounds on the deceased’s forehead and back, which eventually led to his death.
The charge sheet sighted on Monday read, “That you, John Odah, m, on April 18, 2025, at about 2:pm, Agbajo farm via Ilu-Abo, in the Akure Magisterial District, did unlawfully machete one Sunday Innocent ‘m’ with a cutlass on his forehead and back which resulted in his death.”
The prosecution emphasized ,the offences, according to the charge, contravened Sections 319(1) and 320(1) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge but his plea was not taken by the magistrate court.
The prosecutor particularly prayed the court to remand the defendant at any correctional facilities in the state pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
Mrs. O. Omotosho, the magistrate, while ruling granted the request of the prosecutor and ordered for the remand of the defendant in the correctional centre, directing the prosecutor to duplicate the case file for the DPP.
The case was then adjourned till May 30, 2025, for mention.
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