(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 52-year-old trader, Fatimat Busari, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over her alleged failure to produce the two defendants she stood surety for.
The defendant, whose house address was not given, is being tried on a one-count charge of perversion of justice.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendant had, on July 29, at about 12:30 pm. at the Okitipupa Police Station in Okitipupa magisterial district, signed a bail bond as surety for two suspects.
He gave the names of the suspects as Lekan Busari and Mary Ajana, saying that they were both arrested for alleged conspiracy and stealing.