An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday, ordered the remand of 12 mechanics at the Agodi Correctional Centre, over alleged treasonable felony and sundry offences.
The defendants are : Abdullahi Alajiga, 38; Olaniyi Dauda, 71; Alfa Olafisoye, 69; Daudu Babalola, 52; Akande Musbau, 58; Olatinwo Wale, 42; Saheed Tijani, 41; and Sunday Awosope, 38.
Others are : Idris Olujimi, 32; Ayobami Idowu, 37; Olajire Sodiq, 24; and Adeniyi Alimi, 51.
They were charged on eight-counts namely: treasonable felony, threat to murder, publication of defamatory matter, threatened violence, publication of false news, unlawful assembly, causing fear, and conduct likely to caused breach of peace.
They were alleged to have committed the offence against Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.
The prosecutor Insp. Sikiru Opaleye, alleged that the defendants threatened to forcefully remove Governor Makinde from office, in a video they posted on social media.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pleas of the defendants were however, not taken on Thursday.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, ordered their remand at the correctional facility, pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
She, consequently, adjourned the case untill Jan. 22, 2025, for mention.
According to the charge, the defendants were alleged to have conspired with others at large, to commit the offence on Dec. 5, at Olubadan Estate, in the Egbeda area of Ibadan.
They were alleged to have unlawfully uttered and made threats to kill Gov. Makinde, in a video posted on social media
The prosecution also alleged that they published false news on social media, indicating that Makinde had grabbed their lands and ejected them from their workshops, with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public.
Opaleye again alleged that the defendants published defamatory matters against the governor .
He alleged that they assembled in such a manner as to make the neighborhood, fear on reasonable grounds that there is a breach of public peace.
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The offences contravenes the provisions of section 41 (b), 59, 70, 86 (1), 249 (d), 323, 375 and 516 of the Criminal Code Law of Oyo State 2000.(NAN)
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