Cleric, So-Safe-Corps Officials, others Arraigned for Assault, False Information

Matilda Omonaiye/

A 44-year-old Islamic cleric, Yisa Rasheed, has been arraigned at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ota alongside five others for allegedly providing false information to the police, assault, and malicious damage.

The police filed a 4-count charge against Rasheed and the other accused persons identified as Omotayo Adeniyi (53), Lateef Ibrahim (22), Adeniyi Rasak (20), Akinrele Adetayo(32) and Folayemi Abolade (32).

The Investigating Police Officer Emeweruwa Marvelous in the original case file told the court on December 20, 2023, when the accused were arraigned that the offences were punishable under the criminal code of Ogun State Law.

Adetayo and Folayemi were identified as officials of the So-Safe-Corps, a security arm of the Ogun State Government, who were involved in the alleged crimes.

“That you, Yisa Rasheed ‘M’, Omotayo Adeniyi ‘F’, Lateef Ibrahim ‘M’, Adeniyi Rasak ‘M’, Akinrele Adetayo ‘M’ and Folayemi Abolade ‘M’ on the 7th of September 2023 at about 1000hr at Sanusi Street, Iroko, Sango Ota in the Ota magistrate district did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: assault and malicious damage and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 516 of the criminal code law, laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006,” count one reads.

“That you, Yisa Rasheed ‘M’, Omotayo Adeniyi ‘F’, Lateef Ibrahim ‘M’, Adeniyi Rasak ‘M’, Akinrele Adetayo ‘M’ and Folayemi Abolade ‘M’ on the same date time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did assault one Rasheed Kareem ‘M’ and cause him bodily harm and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 335 of the criminal code law of Ogun State of Nigeria 2006,” count two reads.

‘That you, Yisa Rasheed ‘M’, Omotayo Adeniyi ‘F’, Lateef Ibrahim ‘M’, Adeniyi Rasak ‘M’, Akinrele Adetayo ‘M’ and Folayemi Abolade ‘M’  on the same date, time, and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did willfully and unlawfully damaged Rasheed Kareem’s ‘M’ cloth valued sum of Ten Thousand Naira only (N10,000) and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 451 of the criminal code law of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006,” reads count three.

“That you, Yisa Rasheed ‘M’, Omotayo Adeniyi ‘F’, Lateef Ibrahim ‘M’, Adeniyi Rasak ‘M’, Akinrele Adetayo ‘M’ and Folayemi Abolade ‘M’ on the same date time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did give false information to the police against Rasheed Kareem ‘M’ and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 125 of the criminal code law of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006,” count four reads.

The Chief Magistrate, A.S Soneye, in his ruling, granted the accused persons bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum and then adjourned the trial to January 10, 2024.