The Ekiti State Police Command said it had arraigned a 20-year-old cattle rearer, Mohamadu Bello, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly destroying farm produce valued at N3.8m belonging to four individuals.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court on Thursday that the defendant committed the offence on August 10 at Ido Ile Ekiti.
Adejare alleged that “the defendant, who is a cattle rearer, maliciously damaged the farm produce valued at N300,000 belonging to one Awiye Olusola. The defendant also maliciously damaged the farm produce valued at N2.8m belonging to one Oni Samson.
“The defendant maliciously damaged farm produce valued at N300,000 belonging to one Igbalajobi Adeyomi. The defendant also maliciously damaged farm produce valued at N400,000 belonging to one Akinola Sunday.
“The offences committed contravened Sections 363 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.”
Adejare prayed the court for an adjournment to enable him to study the case file and present his witnesses.
The counsel for the defendant, Mr. Adeyemi Egbebi, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Bankole Oluwasanmi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N80,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till September 6 for hearing.
This was as another Chief Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti presided over by Mr Abayomi Adeosun, granted bail to two men, Hammed Abdulrasheed, 22, and Abiodun Aluko, 42, arraigned before the court, for allegedly stealing a motorbike.
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Alice Ojo, told the court that the defendants, 22-year-old Abdurasheed and 42-year-old Aluko, allegedly committed the offence on August 6 in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
Ojo alleged that “the defendant, Abdurasheed, stole one Bajaj motorcycle valued at N1.2m belonging to one Ogundipe Babasanmi. The defendant, Aluko, has in his possession one Bajaj motorcycle valued at N1.2m.”
“The offences committed contravened Sections 302 and 343 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021,” she said.
The prosecutor asked the court for a short adjournment to enable her to study the case file and present her witnesses.
Counsel for the defendants, Mr Adeyemi Egbebi, urged the court to grant the defendants bail, with a promise that they would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N250,000 with one surety each in like sum and adjourned the case till September 27 for hearing.
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