BEVERLY HILLS, AUGUST 22, (THEWILL) – The trader, Joachim Iroko, alias Joe, who named his pet dog ‘Buhari’, was on Monday morning arraigned and granted bail by an Ota Chief Magistrate Court 2, B. J. Ojikutu, in Ogun State, after which he was remanded at the Ibara Prison pending when he fulfills his bail condition.
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, and granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties, who must be regular payers of their taxes in the state, in the like sum.
The prosecutor, Inspector Itaita Ebibomini, who told the court that the accused committed the offence on Saturday 13 August, 2016 at Hausa section of Ketere Market in Sango-Ota in the Ota Magisterial District, stated that the offence is punishable under Section 249 (d) of Criminal Code of Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2016.
Represented by a counsel, U. Michael, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The charge sheet 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.”
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 tax payers 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 then adjourned till September 19, 2016.
