A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State has remanded the 29 Yoruba Nation agitators in a correctional facility for their involvement in invasion of the state government secretariat last Saturday.
They were arraigned on seven-count charges of treasonable felony, unlawful society, illegal possession of firearms, going armed and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
According to the investigative police officer (IPO), Bakare Rasaq, a police inspector with the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, the offences are contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol.II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
The defendants are Ayanwale Rofiat ‘F’, 25yrs; Ismaila Adepoju ‘M’, 45yrs; Ayanwale Saburi ‘M’, 28yrs; Adeola Elegbede ‘M’, 27yrs; Fatoki Anthony ‘M’, 34yrs; Olalere Mathew ‘M’, 54yrs; Isaac Friday ‘M’, 27yrs and Ismaila Malomo Peter ‘M’, 65yrs.
Others are Farumbi Wasiu ‘M’, 30yrs; Muritala…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
