An Abeokuta Justice of the Peace’s Court docket at Isàbo, yesterday, sentenced 5 Ogboni chiefs to 6 months imprisonment every.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN), reviews that the Ogboni chiefs are Anthony Ogunseye (55), Ajasa Enisemo (67), Saheed Sanusi (50), Oludotun Oliyide (60) and Fatai Mutairu (63).
They had been convicted on a four-count-charge of conspiracy, malicious harm, conduct prone to trigger breach of the peace and stealing.
Delivering judgment, the trial Justice of the Peace, Mrs E.O Ogunyemi, stated that the prosecution proved its case past affordable doubt that the convicts had been responsible as charged.
Ogunyemi additionally held that the proof introduced by the prosecution was tenable, and, subsequently, sentenced every of the chiefs to 6 month imprisonment with an possibility of N50, 000 advantageous.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Olaide Rawlings, advised the courtroom that the convicts dedicated the offences on March 21, 2023, at about 12:15p.m. on the Ogboni Home in Igbore space.
She stated that the chiefs conspired to maliciously destroy letters from the Abeokuta South Native Authorities that had been pasted on the partitions, doorways and home windows of the Ogboni Home.
In accordance with her, the Ogboni Home was sealed by the native authorities for safety causes following a dispute over the filling of a vacant chieftaincy title within the Ogboni Home.
She stated that the 5 Ogboni members performed themselves in a way prone to trigger breach of peace by additionally unlawfully eradicating the warning tape positioned on the Ogboni home.
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