Police arraign alleged hoodlums for unlawful assembly
The police command in Oyo on Tuesday arraigned four suspected hoodlums before the Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan for alleged breach of public peace and unlawful assembly.
The arraigned are Sodik Adekola, 30; Bolaji Qudri, 20; Nurani Abdulkarim, 31; and Habib Taofeek, 25.
The presiding magistrate, O.O. Latunji, admitted each suspect to bail of N100,000, each with one reliable surety in like sum.
The suspects had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conduct likely to breach public peace and attempted felony.
Ms Latunji adjourned the matter until June 20 for trial.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Oluseye Akinola, told the court that the defendants committed the crime on June 3 at the Ojaba market in Ibadan.
Mr Akinola further said Messrs Adekola, Qudri, Abdulkarim and Taofeek were apprehended after gathering unlawfully, smoking illicit substances and holding different dangerous objects.
He said the defendants had in their possession machetes, broken bottles and sticks.
(NAN)
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