Four persons, including two minors, were on Tuesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, for allegedly threatening a woman and impersonating as bandits.
The defendants are Fagbenro Olaewe, 40, Elegbede Nofisat, 19, and the two minors.
They were arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, threatening violence and demanding money with menace of impersonating as bandits.
They, however pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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The Prosecutor, ASP Lawrence Olu-Balogun told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 12 at about 10:00am at Olorunda area in Abeokuta.
Olu-Balogun alleged that the two minors, using a phone belonging to the first defendant, called the complainant, Mrs Esther Lawal, and introduced themselves as bandits, threatened her and demanded for money.
He said the first defendant, who is the grandfather of the minors, had given his phone to the second defendant (his daughter) to charge, when the minors took it and made the threatening call.
“The minors called the complainant and threatened to kill her and family if she does not respond to their demand.
“The complainant, immediately after receiving the call, reported the incident to the police, who tracked the phone number, leading to the arrest of the defendants,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene the provision of Section 516, 87 and 406 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.K Araba granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety each in like sum.
Araba ordered that Olaewe and Nofisat be remanded at the Ibara Correctional Centre while the two minors be remanded at the Juvenile Home, Asero, pending the perfection of their bail conditions.
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She thereafter adjourned the case until June 30 for further hearing.
(NAN)
