When the charges were read to him, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Inspector Johnson Okunade, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between 2014 and 2018 at Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State at Ilokun in Ado-Ekiti.
He also alleged that the defendant, being the director-general of the broadcasting station, abused his office when he authorised travelling allowance totalling N7 million in his name for journeys he did not embark on.His counsel, former Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Mr. Kolapo Kolade, urged the court to grant his client bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
Adegboye ruled that one of the sureties must be a community leader, while the second must produce proof of landed ownership.Meanwhile, Olayinka has described his detention by the police and arraignment for alleged fraud as the usual political persecution that can never get someone like him intimidated and silenced.
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