Seven suspected secret cult members have been arraigned before an Ota, Ogun State, Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused inlcude Olaogun Azeez, 18; Tijani Azeez, 22; Jelili Adeniyi, 20; Sulaiman Owolabi, 24; Muraina Shakiru, 25; Tunde Olanisa, 22; and Abinuwaye Abraham, 25.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Abdulkareem Mustapha, said the seven persons were arraigned on a two-count charge of being members of an unlawful society and for causing a breach of
peace.
Mustapha told the court that the accused and others still at large, committed the offences on Sept. 28, 2018, at about 12.00 midnight at the Aniserere area of Ota.
He alleged that the accused and their accomplices belonged to the Aiye Confraternity.
According to him, they conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by threatening the members of the community with dangerous weapons such as knives, axes and cutlasses.
The offences, he said, contravened Sections 3, 249 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Chief Magistrate Mathew Akinyemi granted each of the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Akinyemi ordered that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to the Ogun State Government.
He, thereafter, adjourned the case to December 12, 2018 for hearing.
