Akure Court : Man, 37, in the dock for peddling rumour

A 37-year-old man, Folorunsho Dada, was on Friday charged before an Akure Magistrates’ Court for allegedly giving the police false information.

The accused, whose address is unknown, is being tried for giving false information to the police.

Dada pleaded innocence of the offence.

But the prosecutor, Insp. Jimoh Ibrahim, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 28 at about 11.45pm at Oda near Akure.

“He gave information to the police which he knew to be false with the intention to cause an officer to arrest and detain one Chukwu Chikaodini,” he said.

According to him, the accused had alleged that his manhood disappeared when Chikaodin’s body touched him.

Ibrahim said the offence contravened Section 125(1), (a) and (b) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

The prosecutor asked for an adjournment to enable him to assemble two witnesses for trial of the case to begin.

Counsel to the accused, Mr Kehinde Balogun, who did not oppose the application, urged the court to grant him bail on liberal terms.

The Magistrate, Mrs Iretolu Dada, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

She said the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.

Further hearing has been adjourned to May 8.