An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Friday, ordered that two brothers, who allegedly beat a man to death, be remanded in prison custody.
The police charged Anasigwe Chidalu, 28, and Okwuchukwu, 34, on two counts of conspiracy and murder.
Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that they be remanded in Ikoyi Prison custody, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Olatunji directed the police to forward a duplicate of their case file to the DPP.
He adjourned the case until June 10 for legal advice.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Oladele Adebayo, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on April 19 at 7.30 a.m. at No. 3, Fatai Akinyemi St., off Agric Road, Igando.
He said the defendants had ganged up and beaten Mr Chidi Ogbulike, 43, to death.
The offences, he said, contravened the provisions of Sections 223 and 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
