A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday
granted N100,000 bail to a boxer, Bashiru Ali (a.k.a.Bash Ali) docked for alleged
criminal trespass.
The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, ordered the
defendant to provide one surety in like sum that must reside within the court’s
jurisdiction.
The defendant was arraigned on April 3, on four
counts bordering on criminal trespass, intentional insult, inciting public
disturbance and refusal to make statement.
The judge had adjourned ruling on the
defendant’s bail application after the defence counsel, Mr. Tajudeen Adegbite,
applied for his bail on self-recognition.
The prosecutor, Oyeyemi Adeniyi, told the court
that the defendant criminally trespassed into the office of the Honourable
Minister of Sport and Youth Development, Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on April
3.
He said the defendant forcefully entered the
office without the minister’s invitation and intentionally insulted the
minister.
Adeniyi said the defendant’s action attracted
crowd and disrupted the activities of the ministry before the police within the
premises intervened.
He said that the defendant refused to make
statement to the police when he was arrested.
He added that the offences contravened Sections
348, 399, 114 and 143 of the Penal Code.
The defendant denied committing the offences.
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