A former chairman of Iwo West local council development area in Osun state, Tajudeen Babatunde, is among six convicts sentenced to four years jail term for conspiring to destroy farmland worth N10million.
Also, an octogenarian Kasumu Arohunfesu was given an option of fine to the tune of N80,000 due to his age.They were said to have conspired with others, now at large, on or before February 16, 2019, at Ayigbiri Orupekere farm, Iwo, to commit a felony; to wit damage and thereby committed an offence contrary to the law.
While the Ministry of Justice was represented by Mikaheel Idris, Dele Abass represented the nominal complainant, the Oosa Olaniyi family in Iwo. Counsel to the convicts, Laide Yekini, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy on his clients by giving them an option of a fine.
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