Court Sentences Ex Ekiti LG Boss To 6 Months Imprisonment For Land Encroachment

A former Chairman of Ado Local Government, Mr Taye Fasuba, has
been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Ado Ekiti
Magistrates’ Court for encroaching on a land and malicious damage
to the property.

The Prosecutor Monica Ikebuilo, an Inspector of Police told the
court that Fasuba committed the offence on January 14, 2018 at
Moferere area of Ado Ekiti, within Ado Ekiti Magisterial
District.

Ikebuilo said, Fasuba, on the said date, “Did unlawfully entered
into the land which was in actual and peaceable possession of one
Catherine Ashowo and thereby committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under Section 81 of Criminal Code Cap C 16 Vol 1 Law of
Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012.

The prosecutor also said he, “did maliciously damage fence wall
properties of one Catherine Ashowo valued at N350,000 and thereby
committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 451
of the criminal code Cap C 16 laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria
2012”.

The ex- council boss was also charged with the offence of
conducting himself “in a manner likely to cause breach of peace in
public place and thereby committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under Section 249(d) of Criminal Code C 16 Vol 1 Law of
Ekiti State of Nigeria 2012.

Fasuba, who is a former Special Assistant to former Governor
Ayodele Fayose on Union Matters, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges preferred against him.

Delivering her judgment, Senior Magistrate Omolola Akosile,
found Fasuba guilty as charged in two of the three-count charges
before the court and sentenced him to six months imprisonment with
an option of N20,000 fine on each of the two counts.

Akosile held that the defendant had “run contrary to the
principle of law by entering into the land in possession of the
complainant and pulling down her fence”.