Former House of Assembly Speaker sent to prison over attempted murder

A former Speaker of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, has been sent to jail over alleged fraud and attempted murder.

Olugbemi was remanded by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, June 5, The Punch reported.

The former speaker, 48, was alleged to have threatened violence against and attempted to murder Chief Ogunyemi Aluko and one other person, the News Agency of Nigeria also reported.

Saka Afunso, the Chief Magistrate, ordered the remand of the defendant in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre, pending the issuance of legal advice.

His case was also adjourned the case till Monday, July 3, for mention.

Chief Aluko, a leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ekiti had petitioned the police alleging that the ex-speaker defrauded him of four hundred thousand naira and in order not to pay back, he had continued to send some persons to kill him.

The last straw that broke the camel’s back was recently when some of the boys allegedly sent by Olugbemi attacked the OPC leader with bottles, hence his decision to approach security agents.