Joe arraigned in court (Photo: Punch)
We reported it yesterday that the 30-year-old trader identified as
Joe Fortemose Chinakwe,
who made major headline throughout
last week after being arrested by the Police in Ogun State, and
spent 3-days in police cell for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’, was
arraigned yesterday, August 22 in court.
A new report by Punch Newspaper has revealed that Chinakwe
was remanded at the Ibara Prison on Monday following his
arraignment at the Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State as he was
charged to court by the police with conduct likely to cause breach
of the peace, in a case with suit number MOT/617c/2016.
Inspector Itaita Ebibomini, the prosecutor, who said the accused
committed the offence at the Hausa section of Ketere Market in
Sango-Ota in the Ota Magisterial District on Saturday, August 13,
2016, told the court that the offence was punishable under Section
249 (d) of Criminal Law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2016.
The charge read, “That you, Joachim Iroko, aka Joe, and others still
at large, on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at about 5.30pm at the
Ketere area, Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District did conduct
yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace, by
writing a name, Buhari, on a dog and parading same in the Hausa
section of Ketere Market, Sango, thereby, committing an offence
contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of the Criminal
Law of Ogun State, Nigeria, 2016.”
Meanwhile, the accused who was represented by a counsel, U.
Michael, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and pleaded that the
accused should be granted bail. The prosecutor did not oppose the
application for bail. The two witnesses in the case were present in
court.
The Chief Magistrate, B. J. Ojikutu, admitted Iroko to bail in the
sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum, adding that the
sureties must be regular taxpayers in the state.
“They must attach four passport photographs each to the bail
bond, depose to affidavits of being gainfully employed, and reside in
the court’s jurisdiction,” he added.
The case was adjourned till September 19, 2016
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