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  • Suspected Sowore’s supporters arraigned for ‘damaging’ Agbaje’s posters

    Six suspected supporters of the African Action Congress’ (AAC’s) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, were yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

    They were charged with allegedly damaging the campaign posters of Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Jimi Agbaje.

    They are Olagokun Odunayo, 27; Bamilola Omidiyi, 31; Koolkloius Henry, 26; Danwo Olagokun, 31; Ugaju Joseph, 29, and Michael Kate, 18.

    The defendants, of no fixed address, are facing a three-count of conspiracy, unlawful damage and breach of the peace.

    They pleaded not guilty.

    Prosecuting Inspector Raphael Donny told the court that the accused allegedly committed the offences on December 9 at 2.30am on Awolowo Way, Ikeja.

    He alleged that the defendants tore Agbaje’s campaign posters on Awolowo House’s fence in Ikeja..

    The prosecutor alleged that the defendants conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by tearing the campaign posters of another party and replacing them with AAC presidential candidate’s posters.

    Defence counsel Mr. Taiwo Olawale prayed the court to grant bail to the defendants, who he said were discharging their duties.

    He said the defendants had no intention of causing breach of the peace.

    Chief Magistrate Bola Osunsemi granted them bail in the sum N50, 000 each with one surety each in the like sum.

    She ordered that the sureties must be employed with evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    Osunsemi adjourned the case till February 4 for mention.

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  • Ogun to impound heavy duty trucks damaging roads

    The Ogun State government has threatened to impound trucks belonging to cement and steel firms carrying over 30 tonnes on state’s roads.

    Last Friday, Governor Ibikunle Amosun bemoaned the damage heavy duty trucks did to state’s roads and the time and resources the state expended to fix them.

    The governor warned that his administration will no longer condone such damage to state’s roads.

    Speaking yesterday through the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, the government said roads that would normally last 15 years became deplorable within a year by trucks carrying tonnes of loads beyond strength of the roads.

    Ashiru spoke at his Oke-Mosan Office in Abeokuta, the state capital, at a symbolic presentation of certificates to participants of Lafarge Africa’s two-day Geology and Mining capacity training.

    Fifty participants benefited from the training in raw material exploration, safety operations, blasting operations, among others.

    The commissioner blamed the deplorable condition of roads on heavy vehicles plying them, saying it was time they took responsibility for fixing them.

    According to him, the same challenges are experienced in other states.

    He said: “Everybody, including the governor, is complaining about the trucks. They must maintain that policy by not loading their trucks with more than 30 tonnes so that those roads can last.

    “If you fix a road now, we should be looking at the next 10 to 15 years. But what we have seen that these roads are in bad condition. Roads fixed in less than one year are in bad and deplorable conditions.

    “So, I beg these companies, especially the cement and steel industries, to look at how they can meet the policy. They must meet the policy. We are going out there and put it everywhere in Ogun State that any truck that is carrying more than 30 tonnes should be impounded and charged accordingly.”

    Lafarge Africa’s Director of Communication, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, said the training was part of the company’s commitment to the United Nations sustainable development goals on climate, people and community.

    The director said Lafarge would continue to maintain its corporate social responsibility (CSR), adding that it is committed to giving back to its host communities.

    She assured the government that Lafarge Africa will continue to train more geologists.

  • Driver arraigned for ‘damaging vehicle’s parts valued at N4.4m’

    A 33-year-old driver, Julius Orioke, who allegedly damaged some parts of his company’s articulated vehicle valued at N4.4million was yesterday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    Orioke had pleaded not guilty to the charge of damage.

    Magistrate J.A Adigun also asked the accused to produce two sureties as part of the bail conditions.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Godwin Awaze said the accused committed the offence on April 12 at Guinness Compound, Agege in Lagos.

    He said the accused damaged the parts of his company’s articulated vehicle valued at N4.4million, property of Transnational Haulage Ltd.

    “The accused damage the axle, chassis and beam and three tyres, the parts damaged was N4.4million,” he said.

    Awaze said the accused committed the offence while engaging in an illegal business with the vehicle.

    “The accused was entrusted with a truck loaded with Guinness products to transport to Port-Harcourt from Lagos.

    “After offloading the goods, he unlawfully transported illegal petroleum chemical goods from Port-Harcourt to Onitsha without the company’s consent.

    “In the process, the accused damaged some parts of the trailer,” he said.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 351of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015(Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 351 prescribes two years’ jail term for damage.

    The case was adjourned until July 3.

  • Man accused of damaging N2m cameras

    A man was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging some cameras worth N2 million belonging to Achu John.

    Lanre Williams is standing trial on a two-count charge of wilful damage and breach of public peace.

    Prosecuting Inspector Simon Imhonwa said the defendant damaged John’s Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera, Speed Done Camera, Indoor LP Camera and outdoor LP Camera.

    The defendant pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi granted him N300,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    She ordered that the sureties’ addresses must be verified. The Magistrate adjourned till July 7.