Couple Arraigned In Court For Attacking Policemen With Dog

Adeyemi and Divine Adegoke, together with their neighbor Deji Ajayi, were charged with assaulting three policemen and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company employees while they were performing their official responsibilities on Thursday.

According to the charge sheet for the defendants, specifics of the offenses they committed show that they carried out the crimes on March 31, 2023, at No. 93 Ayelaka Area, Dada Estate, Osogbo.

The IBEDC employees Sayo Owaniyi and Adetunji Adetona, as well as Inspectors Ariyo Oyeleke, Muritala Kazeem, and Police Corporal Femi Adisa, were allegedly assaulted by the defendants while discharging their official responsibilities.

The statement reads: “That you, Adegoke Divine, Adegoke Adeyemi and Ajayi Deji on March 31, 2023, in the morning at No. 93, Ayelaka Area, Dada Estate, Osogbo in the Osogbo Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to with serious assault and threat to the life of one Owaniyi Sayo and Adetunji Adetona of IBEDC Osogbo and policemen and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.

“That you, Adegoke Divine, Adegoke Adeyemi and Ajayi Deji on the same date and place at the aforementioned magisterial district did seriously assault one Owaniyi Sayo and Adetunji Adetona who are IBEDC staff members of Osogbo Branch and also Inspector Ariyo Oyeleke, Inspector Muritala Kazeem and PC. Adisa Femi while performing their duty by beating and stoning them and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 383 and punishable under Section 356 of the criminal code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.

“That you, Ajayi Deji, on the same date and place at the aforementioned magisterial district did attempt to kill one Owaniyi Sayo and Adetunji Adetona with a dog and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 383 and punishable under Section 320 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.”

The defendants pleaded not guilty to three charges.

Divine was granted bail in the amount of N200,000 with a single guarantor by the presiding magistrate, Olusegun Ayilara, while the other two were each given bail in the amount of N500,000 with two sureties.

Ayilara has since postponed the issue for public hearing until June 15, 2023.