An Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court has remanded seven persons for defacing All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign billboards in Osogbo, Osun State.
The affected persons who are defendants in the case, according to the PUNCH, were said to belong to a cult group, Aye confraternity.
They include Azeez Abibu, Musbau Nurudeen, Wasiu Sodiq, Ganiyu Lekan, Azeez Sikiru, Soliu Mohammed and Ibrahim Mohammed.
They were arraigned on 15 count charges bordering on conspiracy, malicious damage, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, unlawful shooting, among others.
The police prosecutor, Elisha Olusegun, said the suspects and others at large bearing dangerous weapons, committed the offence on June 18, 2022.
According to him, the offences were contrary to, and punishable under, Sections 516, 70, 64(a), 517, 451, 249(d), 517 and 80 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding magistrate, Olusola Aluko, however, remanded them in Ilesa Correctional Centre and adjourned the matter till August 1, 2022, for hearing.
