A 39-year-old man, Jegede Oluwasina, appeared in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday on charges of assaulting two on-duty police officers.
The defendant, who does not have a definite address, is facing two counts of assault and breach of peace and is awaiting trial.
The defendant and other individuals at large committed the offenses on October 13 at approximately 9:00 am near the Okesha roundabout in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, according to the prosecution, Inspector Raymond Osas, who testified in court.
He said that when Akinyemi Olawale and Adewunmi David, two traffic cops assigned to the Okesha Divisional Police Station, Ado-Ekiti, were carrying out their legal duties, they were assaulted by the defendant and other individuals at large.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant attacked the complainants after they argued over breaking traffic laws.
According to Osas, the defendant’s actions were likely to violate the peace.
He claims that the offenses violate Ekiti State’s 2021 Laws Sections 187(a), (b), (c), and 181(d).
In order to review the file and gather his witnesses, he pleaded with the court to postpone the case.
However, the defendant entered a not guilty plea to the case that was brought against him.
Mr. Ademola Richard, the defendant’s attorney, pleaded with the court to release the defendant on bond, pledging that he would not violate it.
After granting the defendant N20,000 bail with one surety in the same amount, Magistrate Mr. Olatomiwa Daramola postponed the matter to November 18 for a hearing.
