The prosecuting counsel for the police in the trial of seven loyalists of former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, for assault told the court on Friday that he was not aware that the charges the men had been withdrawn.
The seven men, who are members of The Osun Progressives, a caucus in Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, were charged with assault before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo.The defendants are Rasaq Salinsile , Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi ; ex-commissioners – Kazeem Salami and Biyi Odunlade – a former Special Adviser to the Governor on Taxation, Gbenga Akano; and two APC members from Ilesha – Alaba Popoola and Azeez Adekunle.
A day after the defendants were arraigned the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, had ordered the Caretaker Chairman of the state APC, Gboyega Famoodun, to discontinue the matter. But at the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, counsel for the defendants, Gbenga Awosode, told the court that he had not been officially told that the matter would not proceed.Read Also
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