Ekiti artisan, apprentice arraigned over alleged possession of hemp
Two persons – Adedipe Oluwaseun, 36; and Oyedeji Oluwaseun, 21, on Thursday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of Indian hemp.
The defendants, of no fixed address, are facing a charge of illegal possession of Indian hemp.
The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Aug.10 at about 03.00p.m in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that Adedipe Oluwaseun, an artisan and his apprentice, Oyedeji Oluwaseun were caught by a team of policemen with weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
Mr Oriyomi said the offence contravened Section 5(b) of the Indian Hemp Act LFN 2004.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against them.
Counsel to the defendants, Oluwafemi Alabi, urged the court to grant the defendants bail, with a promise that they would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N50,000 each, with one surety each in like sum.
He adjourned the case until September 11, for hearing. (NAN)
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