BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
The Police in Osun State have arrested a 48-year-old man, Olakunle Sunday, for allegedly defaming a woman after she allegedly jilted him.
Sunday was accused of pasting a picture of his estranged female lover, Adetunbi Ramat, on the wall in a street she lives in Osogbo and writing a defaming message on it.
The Police dragged Sunday to an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court and charged him for defamation and breach of public peace.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Olayiwola Rasaq, the defendant pasted the picture of Ramat directly opposite her house and wrote “Obo Ole” on it after their love affair went sour.
The charge read, “That you Olakunle Sunday on the 24th day of September 2023 at about 9:00pm at Obate Street, Oke-Baale area, Osogbo, in the Osogbo magisterial district, did injure the reputation of one Adetunbi Ramat by exposing her to hatred, contempt and ridicule by pasting her photograph opposite her house and writing “Obo ole” on it and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 373 of Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.
“On the same date time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, you did defame the character and exposed one Adetunbi Ramat to hatred and pasted her photograph in the public place in order to expose her to hatred and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 375 of Criminal code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.
“That you Olakunle Sunday, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace when you pasted the photograph of one Adetunbi Ramat in the public place and wrote “Obo ole” on it and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (D) of Criminal code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.”
However, the accused person pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
The defence counsel, Najite Okobe, urged the court to grant Sunday bail in affordable terms.
Magistrate Oyindamola Daramola granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in the same amount.
The matter was adjourned till November 7 for mention.
Meanwhile, Sunday was unable to meet the bail application on the arraignment day. He was taken to Ilesa prison custody pending the time his bail conditions would be met.
