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  • Court remands four for stealing Ondo Dep. Governor’s car battery

    An Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State on Wednesday remanded four men in prison over alleged theft of a Skybite 100 Arms vehicle battery belonging to the state Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi.

    The accused – Dare Akinlade, 19; Pius Marculey, 22; Samuel Baniah, 22 and Segun Ilesanmi, 25, are standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, felony and stealing.

    The accused, of no fixed addresses, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Magistrate, Mr Banji Ayeomoni, ordered that they should be remanded at the Okitipupa Prisons until March 10 for further hearing and determination of their bail.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, had told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 3 at about 12 noon at the deputy governor’s residence in Okitipupa, Ondo State.

    Orogbemi said Akinlade, Marculey and Beniah entered into Ajayi’s residence under the pretence of being friends to his son and stole the battery.

    He said the fourth accused, Ilesanmi, an electrician at Ona Opemipo Street, Okitipupa, on the same day at about 2:00pm received the battery from the accused knowing that it was a stolen item.

    He said that the offences were punishable under Sections 516, 477 and 390(9), Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol.1, Law of Ondo State, 2006. (NAN)

  • Court remands pastor for alleged murder of a widow

    Court remands pastor for alleged murder of a widow

    An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded Joshua Ayobami, 47, a pastor, charged for alleged murder of a widow with whom he had had an amorous relationship.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court did not take the plea of the so call pastor Ayobami.

    The Magistrate, Mrs Risikat Olayemi, ordered that the suspect be remanded pending the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

    Olayemi subsequently adjourned the case to March 9 for mention.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Elisha Olusegun had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 11, at 1.45 a.m. at Christ Evangelical Ministry Church, Fashina Area, Ile-Ife.

    Olusegun said that the accused strangulated one Racheal Ajayi, a widow and an official of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) which led to her death.

    He explained that the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 316 and 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol 11, Laws of Osun, 2003.

     

  • Man in court for alleged neglect of girlfriend’s child

    Man in court for alleged neglect of girlfriend’s child

    A 32-year-old fashion designer, Kingsley Okeke, on Thursday appeared in an Evboriaria Magistrates’ Court, Benin, for allegedly neglecting a one-month-old child and assaulting the baby’s mother.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Alhassan Abu, said the offence was committed on November 2, adding that the accused unlawfully assaulted his child’s mother, Esther Thomas by giving her fist blows and slaps on her face, thereby causing her harm.

    “The accused failed to give the necessary assistance to his girlfriend, who is the mother of his child without lawful excuse, as such endangering the life of the child she has for him.

    “The accused and the complaint were lovers when the complainant took in but the accused denied responsibility when the pregnancy was months old.

    “When the complainant gave birth a month ago, the accused person apologised to her and promised to take full responsibility for the child which he failed to,’’ the prosecutor said.

    Abu said that the offence contravened sections 355 and 339 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. 11, Law of the defunct Bendel State, 1976, as applicable in Edo.

    The accused pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.

    The Magistrate, Mr Airemokharen Ihenyen, granted bail to the accused in the sum of a N200, 000 with a surety in line sum.

    Ihenyen said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction, and adjourned the case till Dec. 12 for hearing.

  • Police arraign four over alleged theft of N700,000

    Police arraign four over alleged theft of N700,000

    The Police in Ogun on Wednesday charged four men: Ogunkoya Adebayo (22), Olufemi Adelaja (24), Onini Brown (20) and Ifeoluwa Olugbenga (27), before an Ota Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into the house of one Sadiku Ogundimi and stealing N700,000 cash.
    The accused persons, whose addresses were unknown, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and burglary.
    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the accused, and others still at large, committed the offences on Feb. 10 at 4:00 p.m. at Ijamido Street, Ota.
    Gbesi said that the accused and his accomplices conspired amongst themselves to break into the house of the complainant and stole N700,000 cash.
    He said that the offences contravened Sections 390 (9), 413 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Vol. 1, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
    The Senior Magistrate, Mr S.O. Banwo, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N750,000 with one surety in the like sum.

     

    He said that the surety must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction and should be gainfully employed.

     

    Banwo also directed that the surety should swear to an affidavit of means and produce two-years’ tax clearance from the Ogun Government.

     

    In addition, the surety should submit four recent passport photographs to the court and must possess a reasonable means of identification.

     

    The case was adjourned to April 14, for hearing.

  • Corporate manslaughter bill divides Senate

    The Senate was yesterday divided on a bill to make corporate bodies culpable for their willful acts of negligence or dereliction of duty, which lead to the death of a person.

    The bill, entitled: ‘A Bill for an Act to make provisions for the offence of corporate manslaughter’, was sponsored by Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido (Delta Central).

    It seeks to create offences of corporate manslaughter to make corporate bodies, entities and agencies culpable for their acts of negligence, dereliction of duty and or gross incompetence, which lead to the death of a person.

    The bill also makes provision for accessory to corporate manslaughter for persons, who, while working with corporate agencies, fail negligently to perform and or sabotage their employers, which results in any event causing the death of a person.

    Ewherido noted that it is his contention that the provisions of the bill fall within the definition of killing in Section 308 of the Criminal Code, which provides that: “Except as hereinafter set forth, any person who causes the death of another directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever, is deemed to have killed that other person.”

    He argued that the provision of sections 316 and 317, which created the offences of murder and manslaughter relevant to Section 308, only addressed one arm of the definition of killing in the section.