AHEREGBE FESTIVAL: COURT REMANDS SUSPECT CAUGHT DISRUPTING ISINKAN MARKET IN PRISON
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AHEREGBE FESTIVAL: COURT REMANDS SUSPECT CAUGHT DISRUPTING ISINKAN MARKET IN PRISON
An Akure magistrate court has ordered that one Tosin Balogun aged 26 be remanded at Olokuta correctional home.
The Ondo State Police command arraigned the suspect and others at large for a four count charge at the magistrate court on Thursday.
The charge sheet read thus:
“That you TOSIN BALOGUN “M’ and others now at large on the 27th August, 2024 at about 07:00am at Isikan Market, in the Akure Magisterial District did conspired together to wit stealing and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 516 of the criminal code cap 37 Vol. 1. Laws of Ondo Stale of Nigeria 2006.”
COUNT 11
“That you TOSIN BALOGUN “M’ and others now at large on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did steal the following items: Tomatoes, Rodo, Tatase, crate of Eggs and fish, and the sum of three hundred and three thousand naira only “N303,000.00k” properties of Ayeka Toyin ‘T’, Alaba Mary T. Ayelara Funke ‘f. Olaitan Bukola ‘f Olowookere Deborah and Ajibola Omowunmi and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 390(9) of the criminal code cap 37 Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”
Count III
“That you TOSIN BALOGUN “M’ and others now at large on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace by scaring away traders with weapon at Isinkan market and compelling them to observe Dududu festival and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 249(D) of the criminal code cap 37 Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.”
COUNT IV
“That you TOSIN BALOGUN M’ and others now at large on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did unlawfully and maliciously damaged the following items: (1) Pepper and eggs valued eight hundred and thirty five thousand naira “835,000” property of one Ayeka Toyin T (2) Plantain valued twenty five thousand mairs “N25,000” property of one Alaba Mary ‘f (3) 25 crates of eggs valued one hundred and twenty five thousand naira “N125,000” property of one Ayelara Funke (4) Pepper valued forty thousand naira “N40,000” property of one Olaitan Bukola ‘F (5) Pepper valued forty thousand naira “N40,000” property of one Olowookere Deborah ‘I and (6) Smoked fish valued thirty eight thousand naira “N38,000″ property of one Ajibola Omowunmi ‘f and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 451 of the criminal code cap 37 Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.”
The magistrate court has however adjourned the matter to 25th of September, 2024 and ordered that the suspect be remanded in Olokuta correctional home.
The Ondo State Executive Council had in 2022 issued a circular restricting any festival of traditional rulers across the state that involved the closure of markets to only the market adjoining their palaces.
Other towns across the state have since complied with the government directive. The circular has however been breached in the state capital with attempts to extend such festivals to neighbouring Isinkan and Isolo in spite of the historical records that showed that the contentious festival was forbidden from reaching those communities.
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