Jegede Oluwasina, 39, appeared in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday on charges of assaulting two on-duty police officers. The defendant, who does not have a definite address, is facing two counts of assault and breach of peace and is awaiting trial. The defendant and other individuals at large committed the offenses on October 13 at approximately 9:00 am near the Okesha roundabout in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, according to the prosecution, Inspector Raymond Osas, who testified in court. He said that when Akinyemi Olawale and Adewunmi David, two traffic cops assigned to the Okesha Divisional Police Station, Ado-Ekiti, were carrying out their legal duties, they were assaulted by the defendant and other individuals at large. According to the prosecutor, the defendant attacked the complainants after they argued over breaking traffic laws. READ ALSO According to Osas, the defendant carried out oneself in a way that could lead to a breach of the peace. He claims that the offenses violate Ekiti State’s 2021 Laws Sections 187(a), (b), (c), and 181(d). In order to review the file and gather his witnesses, he pleaded with the court to postpone the case. However, the defendant entered a not guilty plea to the case that was brought against him. Mr. Ademola Richard, the defendant’s attorney, pleaded with the court to release the defendant on bond, pledging that he would not violate it. After granting the defendant N20,000 bail with one surety in the same amount, Magistrate Mr. Olatomiwa Daramola postponed the matter to November 18 for a hearing.
Paul Gyenger, 35, was ordered to be placed under remand in a correctional facility by a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for reportedly labeling Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia “a chronic womaniser” on social media. Makurdi resident Gyenger was accused of defamation of character and cyberstalking. However, due to a lack of jurisdiction, Chief Magistrate Mr. Kelvin Mbanongun declined to accept the suspect’s plea. Mbanongun postponed the issue until December 17 in order to give it more time. The prosecution’s attorney, Insp Godwin Ato, had informed the court that the ADC had reported the case to the governor, ASP Ver Ingyatu, on October 16, 2024, at the Anti-Cybercrimes and Narcotics Unit, Makurdi. READ ALSO According to Ingyatu, the suspect shared content on a Facebook page that was owned by Terna Sunday. “The Governor is a chronic womanizer,” Tyo said. The complaint claimed that on the same Facebook account, the suspect also disparaged the governor’s reputation in various ways using derogatory Tiv language phrases. According to the prosecutor, a police inquiry led to the suspect’s arrest. Ato added that the offense violated Sections 393 of the Benue penal code of 2004 and 24 of the Cybercrimes Act of 2015.
