An Osogbo Chief Magistrate court has ordered the remand of seven persons for threatening the peace of the community while being armed with dangerous weapon.
The defendants include Azeez Abibu (29), Musbau Nurudeen (23), Wasiu Sodiq (28), Ganiyu Lekan (27), Azeez Sikiru (26), Soliu Mohammed (20), and Ibrahim Mohammed (21).
The defendants were charged on fifteen counts ranging from conspiracy, malicious damage, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, unlawful shooting among others.
The prosecutor Mr Olusegun Elisha told the Court that the seven defendants who allegedly belonged to a cult group ‘Aye’ committed the offence on the 18th of June 2022, with others still at large.
He alleged that they damaged a billboard in Osogbo which belonged to the All-progressive congress (APC) with dangerous weapons.
The offences are contrary to, and punishable under Section 516, 70, 64(a), 517, 451, 249(d), 517 and 80 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko ordered the defendants to be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre while he adjourned the case until 1st of August 2022 for hearing.
Adenitan Akinola
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