A 60-year-old man, Ibrahim Ibuoye, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State for alleged trespass on former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farmland in Ota.
Ibuoye, with no fixed address, was arraigned on four counts of breach of peace, forceful entering, damages and conspiracy.
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The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Rosemary Samson, told the court that the defendant and others at large, committed the offences on August 26 at Obasanjo Farm Limited, Ota.
Samson said that the defendant and the accomplices armed with offensive weapons allegedly conspired and forced their way into the premises of the farm, thereby conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.
She also alleged that the defendant damaged a Honda Accord car with registration number – LSD 655 EV – belonging to one Kazeem Ajiboye.
According to the prosecutor, the offences allegedly committed, contravened sections 81, 390(9), 451 and 517 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The presiding judge, Magistrate B. S. Abdulsalam, however granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned to September 14 for hearing.
