Two arrested for tearing PDP’s posters

The police in Lagos have arrested two men for allegedly tearing campaign posters and defacing the banners of the state’s governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje.

The suspects, Fisayo Olomojobi, 29, and Toheeb Okanlawon, 31, were said to have committed the act on Osborne Road in the Ikoyi area around 2am.

They were arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court on counts bordering on unlawful damage and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.

While Okanlawon was arraigned on two counts, his accomplice was arraigned on three counts.

The charges read in part, “That you, Toheeb Okanlawon of Ewans Street, Lagos, in the Lagos State Magisterial District, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause the breach of the peace.

“That you, Fisayo Olomojobi, did unlawfully damage the PDP poster and banners by using paint to deface the governorship candidate’s banners.”

The police prosecutor, Iyobosa Onaiwu, said the offences were punishable under sections 337 and 106 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

They pleaded not guilty to the offences.

The magistrate, F.J. Adefioye admitted them to bail in the sum of N100,000 and adjourned the matter till April 20, 2015.