FROM BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo
Two middle-aged men, Samuel Friday
and Oni Oluwatobi have been arraigned
in an Osogbo Magistrate Court for
allegedly having sexual intercourse
inside the auditorium of a church in
Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
The suspected homosexuals, who were
facing trial before Magistrate Olusola Aluko
over allegation of indecent sexual practice,
were arrested at the Peace of Jesus
Apostolic Church, Asubiaro, Osogbo, where
they allegedly committed the crime.
The police prosecutor, Mr. Solomon
Oladele, told the court that they conducted
themselves in a manner likely to cause
breach of peace by unlawfully engaged in
homosexual at the said church.
The charge sheet read out in court read in
part: “That you, Samuel Friday, and Oni
Oluwatobi at Peace of Jesus Apostolic
Asubiaro Osogbo in Osogbo Magisterial
District did conspire together to commit
felony wit indecent sexual practice between
yourselves.”
The police prosecutor said the two accused
persons had through their action
committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under Section 516 of the
Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II laws of Osun
State of Nigeria, 2003.
The accused persons however pleaded not
guilty to the charges and their counsel, Mrs.
Nenna Ugwu urged the court to grant them
bail with assurance that they would not
jump bail if granted.
In his ruling, Magistrate Aluko granted the
accused persons bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties each in the like
sum and adjourned the case till November
14, 2013 for mention.