An
Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 33-year-old man, Imole
Emmanuel, in prison custody for allegedly pouring hot soup on a police
corporal, Kayode Akingbade.
Emmanuel
was arraigned on counts of assault and conduct likely to cause a breach of the
public peace.
It
was learnt that he also attempted to snatch the corporal’s rifle.
A
team of policemen was said to be on surveillance around the Baptist College,
Ilawe Road, when one of them asked the suspect to leave the area in order for
them to carry out their operation.
Akingbade
was said to have gone to a canteen to eat about 30 minutes later only for the
suspect to trace him there and pour hot soup on him.
At
the sitting held on Monday, the police prosecutor, Bankole Olasunkanmi, prayed
the court for a short adjournment to enable him to study the case file and
assemble his witnesses.
Moving
a bail application, the defence counsel, Gbenga Alabadan, urged the court to
grant the accused person bail, saying that he remained innocent until the
contrary was proved in court.
But
the Chief Magistrate, Idowu Ayenimo, said the defence did not justify the bail
application.
Ayenimo
thereafter ordered the defence to approach the court with a written bail
application for the accused.
He
ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case
till July 7.
The
charge sheet partly reads, “That you, Emmanuel Imole, on June 13, 2016, at
about 5.30pm at Baptist junction, Ilawe Road, Ado Ekiti, in the Ado Ekiti
Magisterial District, did threaten with violence, one Corporal Kayode Akingbade
attached to the New Iyin Road Police Station, Ado Ekiti, by pouring hot stew on
his face and police uniform before trying to struggle for his rifle, thereby
committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 86 (1) of the
Criminal Code Cap C16 Vol. 1, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012.
“That
you, Emmanuel Imole, on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid
magisterial district, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause a breach
of the peace by pouring hot stew on Akingbade’s face and his police uniform,
thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d)
of the Criminal Code Cap C16 Vol. 1, Laws of Ekiti State Nigeria 2012.”
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