A 50-year-old businessman, Oluwadamilola Arigbedeon Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly failing to produce a suspect he stood surety for.
The police charged Arigbede, whose residential address was not given with perversion of Justice.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Akeem Raji, alleged that the defendant prevented the course of justice by refusing to produce Oluwaremilekun Arigbede, a suspect in a case of conspiracy, forgery and stealing.
Raji told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 18 at about 3.30 p.m. in CP Monitoring Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.
The prosecutor alleged that the defendant voluntarily undertook in the bond to produce the suspect from time to time, pending when the case against her was finally disposed of or charged to court but failed to do so.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 97(1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Chief Magistrate O.A. Adelaja admitted the defendant to N500, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
Adelaja ordered that the sureties must be gainfully employed and must show evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until Aug.12 for mention. (NAN)
