A Chief Magistrate's Court in Ado-Ekiti has arraigned 30-year-old Omotoso Ebenezer Ilesanmi over alleged unlawful obstruction and assault of a police officer. The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant obstructed and assaulted Inspector Akeredolu Odunayo while he was performing his lawful duty on September 27, 2026, at about 5:30pm in Ado-Ekiti. The defendant was also alleged to have conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace. The offences are punishable under Sections 187 and 181(1)(d) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abayomi Adeosun, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with a surety.
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