Court
Remands Suspected Yoruba Nation Agitators.
Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has ordered
the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of
the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday.
The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday for their
various involvements in the failed invasion of the secretariat and the
Governor’s Office.
Recall that some masked persons invaded the state
secretariat to hoist the Yoruba Nation flag before they were demobilized by
joint security personnel.
The defendants faced a seven-count charge bordering on
conspiracy, treasonable felony, belonging to unlawful society, going armed in
public, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and unlawful possession of
firearms.
The suspects, including a young woman and five elderly
women, were remanded by Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi at the Agodi
Correctional Centre in Ibadan.
Ogunkanmi, thereafter, adjourned the matter till Aug. 1,
for mention.
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