ELEGUSHI: SUSPECTS IN FALSE ALLEGATION CASE TO KNOW FATE JUNE 4
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Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square has set June 4 to rule on the bail application of five persons arraigned on allegations of making false statements to the police against the Elegushi of Ikate Land, Oba Saheed Elegushi.
The defendants were arraigned before Justice Harrison on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, making false statements and impersonation, among other offences.
The defendants are Adeigbagbo Harrison, Prince Toluwoleke Megba, Harrison Soji, Megbalewon Adeniji James and Segun Ekomale (Ikuomola).
The police prosecution counsel, M. Animashaun, told the court that the defendants, on or about November 30, 2022, at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, made false statements of criminal allegations against several persons, including Oba Elegushi, the Al-Mansour family, Chinedu Nweke, Chief Ogunyemi John, and Mosunmola Ogunyemi.
One of the counts read, “That you, Adeigbagbo Harrison, Prince Toluwoleke Megba, Harrison Soji, Megbalewon Adeniji James, Segun Ekomale, and others now at large, on or about November 30, 2022, at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, in the Lagos Judicial Division, made a false statement of criminal allegation to the police against His Royal Majesty, Oba Saheed Elegushi (the Elegushi of Ikate Land), information you knew or ought to have known was false.”
Upon their arraignment, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the allegations but were allowed to continue on the administrative bail earlier granted to them by the police, pending the hearing and determination of their formal bail applications.
When the matter was called for hearing on Thursday, the defendants’ counsel, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, urged the court to grant the defendants bail on liberal terms, stating that the offence is bailable and that his clients had previously been granted administrative bail.
He said, “The defendants have demonstrated faithfulness and loyalty by constantly making themselves available. I therefore urged the Honourable court to be merciful.”
Meanwhile, the police prosecutor, M.A. Animashaun, opposed the bail application, stressing that the defendants had previously been on the run before they were apprehended.
After hearing arguments from both parties, Justice Harrison adjourned the matter till June 4, 2025, for a ruling on the bail applications and July 2025, for the commencement of trial.
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