An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate court has remanded in prison custody, a 59 year old ex-student of Government College Ibadan, Debo Adegbola over a three count charge bothering on indecent touching, assault and breach of public peace.
The accused, who is an automobile dealer who pleaded not guilty to the charges had on Saturday, 17th February, 2024, at a burial party in a popular event center along poly eleyele road, indecently touched the plaintiff in sensitive parts of her body publicly without her consent.
Adebowale, was also said to have slapped the plaintiff/applicant, who is an Ibadan based female legal practitioner countless number of times in the process of the assault.
Still not satisfied, Debo Adegbola was alleged to have picked up a bottle and smashed it on the head of the victim, thereby breaking her skull in the process, causing her grievious injury with blood gushing out of her head before she was rushed to a private hospital around Bodija area of Ibadan for first aid treatment before she was later transferred to another hospital in Lagos for proper medical attention.
Rulling in the bail application, His worship, ...... admitted the accused to a bail condition of one million naira with two sureties in like sum.
The court also ordered that the sureties must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court, one must have a landed property with verifiable C-of-O, while the other one must be a blood relation of the accused standing trial.
While adjourning till the 16th of May, 2024, the accused is to be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional service pending when he is able to perfect his bail conditions.
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