A 36-year-old farmer, Omotayo Ibraheem, who allegedly attempted to burn down a building and breached public peace, has been brought before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The accused, of Lagos Island, is facing trial on a two-count charge bordering on an attempt to commit arson and manner likely to breach public peace.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Daniel Ighodalo, said that the offences were committed on April 29, 2014, at 2.00 a.m., at his residence.
Ighodalo said the accused had always threatened to burn down the building, kill the occupants and had broken down the door leading to the house twice.
He said the accused, on April 29, locked the entrance into the building of the threatened to burn it down, adding that the occupants who initially invited members of the vigilance group in the neighbourhood to intervene later invited the police.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 166(d) and 340 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Ibraheem, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Olaitan Ajayi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties, in like sum.
She adjourned the case till May 9, for further hearing
