Two Mosque Excos in Court Over Alleged Looting of Treasury in Ibadan

The secretary and treasurer of Ago-Ibira Central Mosque, Mokola, Ibadan, namely, Abdulateef Jimoh, 46, and Abdulrahman Jimoh, 43, have been arraigned for alleged theft of N605,000.

The defendants are both residents of Ago-Ibira, standing trial in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court on a two-count of conspiracy and stealing from the Mosque purse.

The prosecutor, Gbemisola Adedeji, had informed the court that they allegedly conspired to commit the offences.

Mrs Adedeji said that the suspects stole the money entrusted in their care between the year of 2018 and 2021.

She alleged that the duo had stole the money, which they were meant to deposit into a first generation bank (first bank) that the mosque had an account with.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, with their counsel, Sunday Adediran, applying for their bail in the most liberal terms.T

he Senior Magistrate, O. A. Akande, granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two sureties each in like sum, and adjourned the matter until March 15, for further hearing. (NAN)