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  Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, has ordered that the Baale of Farasinmi community in Badagry West LCDA, Chief Maugbe Babatunde Tudonu, and his secretary, Reverend Samuel Boyon, be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre after they failed to meet their bail conditions. The presiding magistrate, Y.O. Aje-Atunwa, granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦250,000. However, both men were unable to fulfil the terms attached to the bail, leading to their remand. Tudonu, aged 44, and Boyon, 40, are standing trial on a five-count charge involving allegations of breach of peace, stealing, unlawful possession of arms, and causing grievous harm.  The matter is before the court under charge number MIK/A/142/2016. According to police investigations, the charges arose from a prolonged leadership crisis over the Baaleship of Farasinmi community.  Police stated that Alhaji Abubakar Hunkanrin Awesu of the Ojoko ruling house is the officially recognised Baale. Awesu was re...

  Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, has ordered that the Baale of Farasinmi community in Badagry West LCDA, Chief Maugbe Babatunde Tudonu, and his secretary, Reverend Samuel Boyon, be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre after they failed to meet their bail conditions. The presiding magistrate, Y.O. Aje-Atunwa, granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦250,000. However, both men were unable to fulfil the terms attached to the bail, leading to their remand. Tudonu, aged 44, and Boyon, 40, are standing trial on a five-count charge involving allegations of breach of peace, stealing, unlawful possession of arms, and causing grievous harm.  The matter is before the court under charge number MIK/A/142/2016. According to police investigations, the charges arose from a prolonged leadership crisis over the Baaleship of Farasinmi community.  Police stated that Alhaji Abubakar Hunkanrin Awesu of the Ojoko ruling house is the officially recognised Baale. Awesu was re...

  A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badagry, Lagos State, has delivered judgment in a criminal case arising from a violent incident that occurred in Farasinme Village in 2013, bringing to an end a trial that lasted more than a decade. The case was linked to events in the early hours of March 28, 2013, when gunshots reportedly rang out in the community, throwing residents into panic. During the incident, a villager, Tonase Wusu, was assaulted. Five defendants — Sodiq Awesu, Ramonu Agemo, Hunton Sikiru, Wusu Benjamin and Kumayon Thechilus — were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and assault occasioning harm, contrary to Sections 409 and 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. All pleaded not guilty. A sixth defendant, Pastor Alex Akogbeto, was earlier discharged after the prosecution withdrew charges against him. At trial, the prosecution called three witnesses, including the complainant, and tendered 29 exhibits comprising photographs and medical records said to show...