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A 37-year-old man named Taiwo Ishola was remanded in custody after being charged with murdering his younger brother's two children at a magistrates' court in Abeokuta, Ogun State.The defendant, who does not have a definite residence, is accused of murder on one count.Ishola committed the act on August 5 at around 5:30 p.m. at the Mile 6 section of the Obafe road in Abeokuta, according to the prosecutor, F.A. Oyewole, who testified in court.Promise Ishola, 9, and Testimony Ishola, 7, the sons of his younger brother Idowu Ishola, were allegedly killed by the defendant.Oyewole further said that the defendant killed the kids by using a machete to sever their heads and other body parts.He described how the defendant drove a motorbike to the home of the younger brother and picked them up.