Arraignment
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Ibadan, June 19, 2024 (NAN) Two men, Idowu Oluokun, 49 and Kamorudeen Oladele, 66, were on Wednesday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over an alleged land grabbing.
The duo, whose addresses were not provided, were charged with conspiracy, land grabbing, obtaining money under false pretence and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecutor, ASP Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendants committed the offences sometime in August 2023 at Challenge area of Ibadan.
Adedosu said that the defendants obtained the sum of N4 million from one Babatunde Abiodun under the pretence of selling one plot of land to him.
She said that after collecting the money from the complainant, the defendants failed to give him the plot of land, as it belonged to one Adeyanju Demola.
The prosecutor said that the defendants conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by pretending to sell the land legally and encroaching on the said land.
She said that the offences contravened Sections 516, 419 and 249(D) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mrs M. Olagbenro, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N800,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.
Olagbenro adjourned the case till July 22 for hearing. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Deborah Coker and ‘Wale Sadeeq
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