A magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has convicted a 31-year-old man, Orowole Adekunle Rotimi, of 3 out of 4 count charges of conspiracy, possession of firearms, false accusation and criminal defamation.
Rotimi was alleged to have committed the offences on July 2nd 2019, when he conspired with others at large to raise false allegations and criminally defamed a former registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Dr Ogunleye Oladele Alhassan.
Recalled that the prosecutor, Mr Abiodun Badiora, in his charge sheet, claims that Orowole Adekunle Rotimi, a native of Ile Ife, conspired with other people to raise false allegations against the complainant, leading to his being charged with illegal possession of firearm, knowing that Dr Ogunleye is innocent of the alleged offences, a conduct contrary to section 125 of the Criminal Code Law Cap. 34 Laws of Osun State 2022.
Magistrate Daramola, in her judgement, had exonerated Dr Ogunleye of the allegations of the offences and ruled that Rotimi be remanded in custody till 18th March for sentencing.
