LOCKDOWN: 14 Residents Bag 2-Month Imprisonment Each For Defying Order In Osun

Not less than 14 persons sentenced to two months imprisonment each by an Osogbo Magistrate Court on Wednesday for breaching Coronavirus regulations in Osun State.

For disobeying to lockdown order and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, all the defendants pleaded guilty to two-count charge, while the Prosecutor Adeoye Kayode, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on April 8, in Osogbo, the state capital.

Kayode said that the defendants disobeyed state government lockdown and stay at home order by moving around.

He said the defendants conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by deliberate failure to comply with the state government lockdown and stay at home order.

ALSO READ: Residents Reject Stimulus Package Distributed By Rep Member In Osun

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 203 and 249(D) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. Il Law of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.

In his judgement, Magistrate O.A Ayilara, sentenced the defendants to two months imprisonment with an option of N5,000 fine each.

The defendants are; Adeoye Johnson, Ibrahim Babatunde, Akinloye Lukman, Owolabi Afeez, Hammed Basharu, Akinwande Saheed, Seun Agboola, Aribidesi Muideen, Sulaimon Ismail, Olaleye Moses,Alade Mayowa, Muniru Bashiru , Sulaiman Basaru and Omodele Titilayo.

READ ALSO: How Accident Victims Abandoned By Hospital For Lack Of First Aid In Osun

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Gboyega Oyetola had on April 2, signed the Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020 Law in a bid to enforce the lockdown order to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus in the state.

NAN