Two men, Oguntuase Idowu (39) and Afolabi Olalekan (37), have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly touching a woman inappropriately without her consent.
The defendants appeared in court following allegations that, between December 2024 and April 2025, they unlawfully touched one Ilelabayo Bright without her consent.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the actions of the two men violated the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.
“The defendants, between December, 2024 and April, 2025, sexually touched one Ilelabayo Bright without her consent,” Inspector Oriyomi stated.
He added that the offence contravenes Section 269(1) of the state’s criminal code and is punishable under the same provision.
In response, defence counsel Barrister Busuyi Ayorinde pleaded with the court to grant the accused persons bail.
Presiding over the matter, Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun granted bail to both defendants in the sum of ₦70,000 each, with one surety in like sum.
The case has been adjourned until August 1, 2025, for further hearing.
