By Dayo Johnson

Akure—AN Akure Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo State has remanded two bankers, Kasali Fajana and Ajayi Dauda in Olokuta Prison for allegedly stealing N2.5 million meant for salaries of some local government workers in Akoko area of the state.

Police prosecutor, Sunday Adejuwon, told the court that the two accused persons, and others now at large, broke the windscreen of a car and stole the money.

Adejuwon said the money was meant for payment of the salary of local government workers.

He stated that the accused persons committed the offence at 11a.m., Arigidi Oke Agbe Road in the Ondo State Magisterial District.

The offence, according to the prosecution, contravenes Sections 6(6) and 1 of the Robbery and Firearm (Special Provision Act) Cap R 11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

Adejuwon prayed the court to remand the accused persons in prison custody to enable him send the duplicate case file to the Ministry of Justice for legal advice.

Counsel to the accused, Mr. O. Daramola, had earlier urged the court to grant his clients bail in liberal terms. He assured the court that the accused persons would not jump bail.

In his ruling, the magistrate, Mr. Sunday Adeduro, ordered that the two accused persons be remanded in the prison custody.

Chief Magistrate Adeduro subsequently adjourned the matter till tomorrow, for hearing.

Man beaten to death

Meanwhile, in another development, five mechanic apprentice have been arrested for allegedly beating to death a middle age bricklayer, Akinyemi Ojo, over an argument on fetching water from a well in Akure.

Akinyemi reportedly died a day after he was beaten up by the mechanics.

Vanguard gathered that Samuel, an apprentice to the deceased, had an argument with an elderly man over fetching water from their well.

The argument degenerated into a fight between some youths and the apprentice.

Some residents, angered by the attitude of the apprentice to the elderly man, mobilized the mechanics to beat him.

But before the “hired beaters” arrived, Samuel had left, so they descended on his boss, the deceased.

He was rushed to the hospital but died the next day.

Contacted, the Police spokesman, Wole Ogodo, said one of the residents of Orisunmibare quarters invited the suspects.

Ogodo said the state Department of Criminal Investigation, DCI, was still investigating the incident.

Meanwhile, the body had been deposited at the mortuary of the state Specialist Hospital, Akure, for autopsy.