No fewer than 29 Yoruba Nation agitators were, on Wednesday, arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over their involvement and roles in the failed invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly.
The case, with charge number Mi/520c/2024, is between the Commissioner of Police and the 29 suspects.
Last Saturday, some masked persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, to hoist their flag before the joint security personnel demobilised them.
They were arraigned on seven counts of treasonable felony, unlawful society, illegal possession of firearms, and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
Investigative Police Officer, Bakare Rasaq, an inspector with the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, said the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
On Monday, state Commissioner of Police, Hamzat Adebola, had paraded 20 suspects.
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