News

Court Staff Charged for Stealing

By Web News 815

Nigeria Police, Osun State Command has dragged two Osogbo High Court staff before the Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo over alleged stealing of typing sheets.

The defendants Adedoyin Adebowale, 46, and Sulaiman Tajudeen 46 were said to have committed the offense on November 20,2020 at High Court premises, Oke-Fia, Osogbo.

Police prosecutor, Inspector Adeoye Kayode alleged that the defendants did conspire between them and stole six packs of Typing Sheets valued N30,000, property of Osun State Judiciary.

Adeoye said that the offense committed contravened Section 516 and 383 punishable under Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol ll Law of Osun State 2002.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the allegations preferred against them.

Defence Counsel, Mr Taiwo Awokunle made an oral application for the bail of the defendants in most liberal term.

He said that being the staff of state judiciary, they would never jump bail and would provide reliable sureties if granted bail.

Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Adijat Oloyade granted bail to the defendants in sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

She thereby adjourned the case till January 7, 2021 for hearing.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Court Acquits Man of Armed Robbery after Five Years in Jail

By Web News 782

An Osogbo High Court has discharged and acquitted Gideon Aycent of the offences of Conspiracy and Armed Robbery after about five years in detention.

Mr Aycent’s freedom followed the intervention of an Osogbo based lawyer, Mr Odunayo Henry who took over the brief free of charge.

For the first three years of his trial, Mr Aycent did not have any legal representation for his defence.

In her judgement, Justice Kudirat Akano agreed with the defence counsel, that the prosecution’s evidence was worthless and insufficient to secure the accused’s conviction in that circumstance.

Justice Akano further agreed with the defence that the prosecution’s case against the accused was predicated on mere suspicion that he, as a ‘tree felling machine’ operator must have cut the log of wood which the armed robbers allegedly used to block the Iwo-Ikire road during the robbery of 28th December, 2015.

The prosecution counsel from the Osun State Ministry of Justice had earlier argued that Gideon Aycent conspired with others in the said robbery incident.

Adenitan Akinola