Oludamisi Ojo
An Ondo State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure has remanded a leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Temitope Alo, for allegedly disrupting the religious programme of a mosque.
Alo and a member of his gang allegedly flogged the mosque traffic controller, Akeem Aminu, and inflicted injuries on him with a cutlass.
The defendant was said to have been arrested by the police and arraigned on five counts bordering on assault and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Abdulateef Suliaman, said the defendant and others at large committed the offence around 2.30 pm on March 13, 2022, at the Central Mosque, Oja-Oba, Akure.
He also told the court that the victim, who was the mosque traffic controller, sustained serious injuries and was in a critical condition at the police clinic.
The Prosecutor added that the conduct caused a breach of peace in the town and made the worshippers run helter-skelter for their lives.
Suliaman said, “The offences contravene sections 519, 252, 351, 249(d), 205(2), and 206 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2016.”
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The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
His lawyer, Femi Adetoye applied for his bail.
However, the Magistrate, N K Aladejana ordered the remand of the defendant in a custodial centre and adjourned the case till March 24, 2022, for hearing
