By Wilson Adekumola
A Chief Magistrate Court sittng in Ondo town, has arraigned a 25-year-old man identified as Oluwafemi Damilola for having sex with four ladies and sending fake alert in the sum of N45,000.
The police arraigned the suspect for duping the sex workers; Glory David, Akere Bright, Valria Isaac, and Ngozi Okoro without paying their money and with the aim of defrauding them.
The prosecutor, Akao Moremi, informed the court that the defendant committed the offence in October 2022 at Sabo Road Ondo City.
The charge sheet read, ”you, Oluwafemi Damilola, sometime in October 2022 at Sabo Road Ondo in the Ondo Magisterial District did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by fraudulently having carnal knowledge of Glory David, Valria Isaac, Akere Bright, and Ngozi Okoro.
“That you, Oluwafemi Damilola on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did indecently assault Glory David, Valria Isaac, Akere Bright, and Ngozi Okoro by fraudulently and unlawfully having carnal knowledge of them with the pretence of sending them the sum of N45,000 which you failed to do so but willingly send them fake alert with aim of defrauding them sexually and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Sections 249 and 360 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Volume 1 law of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.”
The police prosecutor who informed the court that he would be calling five witnesses to testify in the case, applied for a date to enable him to study the case file.
Meanwhile, the defendant’s counsel, Mr S. A Iluyemi, informed the court that there is a move of settlement between the defendant and the complainants.
He then prayed the court to release his client to him as he, the defendant, will pay the complainants money before the next day of adjournment.
While adjudicating on the case, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Charity Adeyanju, granted the application made by the defendant’s counsel and order that the money be paid to the complaints before the next day of adjournment.
Adeyanju added that the court’s orderly must confirm the payment and report back to the court.
She adjourned the case till June 23, 2023, for the final report of settlement.
