of the Public Prosecutions (DPP), withdrawing the charges against them. The cultists were first arraigned on October 28 2015 before an Ebute Metta Magistrate Court on a six-count charge of conspiracy, murder, membership of unlawful society, breach of peace and causing grievous harm. They were charged for allegedly terrorising members of the public and killing two men and dumping their corpses in Maidan River. At the resumed hearing in the trial last Friday, the magistrate made the decision following the advice from the DPP, which exonerated the culprits of all the six -ount charge brought against them. She adjourned the case till March 1 for ruling, while also instructing the DPP to make clear and precise in his legal advice, if truly he found that the accused were wrongly accused of the charges levelled against them. The suspected cultists are: Bello Ismail, 26; Shola Jaiyeola, 28; Kabiru Wahab, 23; Akeem Adeyemo, 36; Monsuru Ojopagogon, 29; David Lasisi, 35; Bayo Bakare, 30, Daniel Yosuf, 30; Ademola Ayelabowo, 27; Joshua Udoh, 20; Daniel Adeyemi, 28; Saheed Mohammed, 25; and Wasiu Aborisade, 40 were remanded in the Ikoyi Prison.]]>