Truck driver remanded for fatally hanging 60-year outdated man in Ekiti

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of a 48-year outdated man, Ahmed Isah, at a correctional facility over the alleged homicide of a 60-year outdated man, one Taiwo Ayeni.

The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, informed the courtroom that the defendant allegedly dedicated the offence on October 30, 2026, at about 7:30 p.m. at a navy checkpoint alongside the Ikere-Akure Road in Ikere-Ekiti Magisterial District.

Oriyomi alleged that Isah, whereas driving a Mercedes-Benz 814 truck marked KWL 842 XD, drove negligently and dangerously, thereby inflicting the dying of Taiwo.

The prosecutor additionally alleged that the defendant drove the truck with no legitimate driver’s licence.

He mentioned the offences had been opposite to Section 7(1) and punishable below Section 18(1), Volume 4, of the Road Traffic Law of Ekiti State, 2011.

Counsel to the defendant, Barrister J.S. Balogun, urged the courtroom to grant his consumer bail, assuring it that he wouldn’t soar bail.

In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, ordered that the defendant be remanded on the correctional facility.

The case was adjourned to December 3, 2026, for point out.