The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of twenty nine suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday.
The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday for their various involvements in the failed invasion of the secretariat and the Governor’s Office.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some masked persons invaded the state secretariat to hoist the Yoruba Nation flag before they were demobilized by joint security personnel.
The defendants faced a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy, treasonable felony, belonging to unlawful society, going armed in public, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and unlawful possession of firearms.
The suspects were remanded by Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi at the Agodi Correctional Centre in Ibadan, as the matter was adjourned till 1st of August for mention
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