The 39-year-old motorcyclist was arrested by the men of the state Police Command at the Holy Trinity Italuowo area of Ondo town and was charged to court, facing a one-count bordering on a threat to life.
The defendant was said to have committed the offence on October 28, 2022, contrary to and punishable under Sections 86(2) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.
The charge sheet read, “That you, Tope Oladiji on October 28, 2022, at about midnight at Holy Trinity Italuowo, Ondo, in the Ondo Magisterial District, did threaten the life of one Kolawole Oladiji with a cutlass and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 86(2)of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge but was not legally represented in the court.
The prosecutor, Iyabo Omolara, told the court that she would call two witnesses to testify in the case and applied for a date to enable her to study the case file.
The Magistrate, Mrs Toyin Olowookere, in her ruling granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum. She adjourned the case till December 8, 2022, for trial.
