This
was the high point of the court proceedings wherein two members of the
caretaker committee led by Mr Tunde Odanye are standing trial for
contempt of the court.
The
duo of Mr. Bankole Osisanya and Mrs Temidayo Nike and others at large
were arraigned by the police for disobeying the judgment of the Federal
High Court which validated the Adebayo Dayo-led State Exco till 2020.
Ruling
on an application by the prosecution to withdraw the bail granted the
accused persons, Magistrate Idowu Olayinka, who turned down the request
for the revocation of bail granted the two members of the committee,
restrained members of the caretaker committee from holding any meeting
and congress in any part of Ogun State.
According
to Olayinka, efforts must be geared towards maintaining law and order
in the state; thus, he ordered the exco and the caretaker committee of
the PDP Ogun State, to refrain from engaging in any physical
confrontation likely to cause a breach of the peace in the state or any
part of it.
He
also ordered the AIG in charge of Zone 2, officer in charge of zonal
intervention squad, the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command,
Police, Department of State Security (DSS) and heads of police
formation, to arrest, investigate and prosecute any member of the
caretaker committee found in violation of the order.
The
Magistrate also directed the prosecution and defence team to impress it
on their clients and witnesses, the consequences of disobedience to the
order.
He then adjourned the case to 21st November, 2017, for hearing of preliminary objection.
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