A Magistrate court in Osogbo, Osun State has
remanded two young men, Suraju Adeniyi and Lateef Olaitan at Ilesha prison for
allegedly smoking Indian hemp and causing public disturbance.
The Prosecutor, Sergeant Sunday Ajayi told the
court that the 39-year-old Adeniyi and 25-year-old Olaitan were said to have conducted
in a manner that could break public peace on the 5th of October, 2017 at Asoje
Area, Osogbo.
Ajayi explained that the offence committed by the
accused persons is contrary to and punishable under section 249 (D) of the
Criminal Code Cap 34 Volume II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge
of breach of public peace levelled against them. Their counsel, Mrs. Raji
Abiodun applied for the bail of the accused in the most liberal terms.
The prosecutor urged the court not to grant the
bail on the ground that the accused persons had threatened to beat the
policemen who apprehended them once they are relapsed by the court.
Magistrate Olatundun Adijat Oloyade ordered that
the accused be remanded at Ilesha prison custody till November 9.
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