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W0W: Man In Court For Trespassing On Obasanjo's Land In Ota, Ogun

chuks oti

Sep 02, 2020

A 60-year-old man, Ibrahim Ibuoye, has appeared before an Ogun State Magistrates' Court sitting in Ota for alleged trespassing on the farmland of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ota.

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Ibuoye, who was arraigned on four counts bordering on the breach of the peace, forceful entry, causing damages and conspiracy, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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The police prosecutor, Inspector Rosemary Samson, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offences on August 26, 2020, at the Obasanjo Farm Limited, Ota.

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Samson said the defendant and his accomplices were armed with weapons and allegedly conspired among themselves and forced their way into the farm, thereby conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace.

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She also alleged that the defendant damaged a Honda Accord car with number plate LSD 655 EV belonging to one Kazeem Ajiboye.

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The prosecutor added that the offences contravened sections 81, 390(9), 451 and 517 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State, 2006.

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Magistrate B. S. Abdulsalam admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

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Abdulsalam ordered that the sureties must reside within the court's jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to the Ogun State Government.

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The magistrate also directed that the sureties must have landed property within the jurisdiction of the court as part of the bail conditions.

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The case was adjourned till September 14, 2020, for hearing.

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