Three men identified as Owolabi Usman, 19; Atapako
Hameed, 30; and Adekunle Segun, 48, have been
arraigned by the police on Tuesday in an Abeokuta
Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly setting fire on a
jeep and a motorcycle.
According to Vanguard, the accused, whose addresses
were not given, are facing a three-count charge of
conspiracy, causing breach of peace and unlawfully
setting fire on a jeep.
The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Eigbegiale , told the court
that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 1,
2017 at about 2.p.m at Alatise Street, Ikereku, Ogun.
Eigbegiale said the accused set fire on the jeep valued
at N6 million and belonging to one Abiodun Ayinde
while the owner of the motorcycle had yet to be known.
According to the prosecutor, the driver of the jeep had
hit a motorcycle while the trio who were passing by at
the time of the incident set the vehicle on fire with
others still at large.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections
443(A), 516 and 411 of the Criminal Code Laws of
Ogun, 2006. The trio, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges against them.
Chief Magistrate Oriyomi Sofowora granted the accused
bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like
sum.
Sofowora adjourned the case till Feb. 28 for hearing.
