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A Magistrates’ Court in Ijebu-Ode on Tuesday sentenced two men, Michael Godwin, 24, and Yemi Odutosin, 24, to three months in prison each for assaulting officials of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE).
They were said to have committed the offence on April 2 in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun “while the officers while performing their lawful duty.”
At the resumed hearing of the case, court Magistrate, S.S. Sotayo, sentenced both men to three months imprisonment each on all five count charges against them.
Sotayo said the sentences would however run concurrently.
Amongst the charges were conspiracy to commit felony to, wit unlawful serious assault on TRACE Officers Adekoya Ope-Oluwa, Oyeyemi Morakinyo and Adelabu Muinat.
Though the two accused persons initially pleaded not guilty to the charge, they later admitted guilt and pleaded for leniency.
Reacting to the judgement, TRACE Corps Commander in Ogun State, Cdr. Abdul-Fatai Ogunyemi, expressed delight that justice was finally delivered.
In a statement through the TRACE PRO, Babatunde Akinbiyi and made available to newsmen , Ogunyemi said the judgment would serve as deterrent to would-be offenders.
The TRACE boss further used the opportunity to assure all the officers and men of the corps of their safety and lawful protection at all times, while on duty.
Ogunyemi also used the opportunity to call on the corps to be “civil, polite, courteous and approachable, while on duty.”
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