Police Inspector in trouble for giving false information
The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a 38-year-old man, Adesida Ademola on Tuesday in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly giving false information to public officers.
Ademola is standing trial on a charge of giving false information to public officers.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Samson Osobu, told the court that Ademola committed the offence on July 12, in Ado-Ekiti.
Osobu alleged that Ademola, being a serving police inspector, did publish and communicate to unauthorised persons, the information that came to him by virtue of his position.
He said that the accused ought to keep the information secret.
Ademola pleaded not guilty to the charge. His counsel, Mr Oluwadare Oyedele, urged the court to grant him bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The prosecutor, however, opposed the bail application, on the ground that the defendant was dismissed from the Nigeria Police and that he lived outside the jurisdiction of the court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum. Adegboye adjourned the case until August 3 for hearing.
