A 22-year-old
man, Joseph Okwuese, has been arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court
sitting in Ogun State for allegedly setting fire to a Honda Acura
Jeep
belonging to one Vincent Ajah.
Our Ogun State
correspondent reports that the accused who had an altercation with the owner of
the vehicle valued at N3.5 million, is facing a one-count charge of willful
damage.
The police
prosecutor, Sergeant Idowu Ogunleye, had told the court that the accused whose
address is unknown, committed the offense on November 23, 2016, at about 8pm at
the Arankange Iberekodo area of Abeokuta.
Sergeant
Ogunleye said the accused set fire to the Honda Jeep with the number plate, EKY
106 CH, an offense that contravenes Section 443(A) of the Criminal Code of Ogun
State, 2006.
When the
charge was read to the accused, he pleaded not guilty and the magistrate,
Fatimat Ojelade, granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in
like sum.
Ojelade said
the sureties must be civil servants on Grade Level 8 or above with the Ogun
State Civil Service Commission and must be resident within the jurisdiction of
the court and show evidence of two-year tax payment to the government.
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