An Osun State counsel, Mr Biodun Badiora, on Wednesday explained to an Osogbo High Court how a suspect, Kelvin Ighodalo, used the telephone of Governor Rauf Aregbesola to swindle unsuspecting members of the public.
During the case before Justice Oyejide Falola, Badiora said Ighodalo used Aregbesola’s phone, which was stolen on November 26, 2010, while he was being inaugurated as governor, in Osogbo, to swindle some close associates of the governor.
Although Ighodalo was not in court during the resumed hearing of the case, Badiora told the court that all was set for the prosecution of Kelvin who was in prison custody.
Two others suspects, Babatunde Ogunjobi, and Abdulgafar Yusuf, were also arraigned and charged with conspiracy, obtaining property under false pretences, stealing and impersonation.
Defence counsel, Mr Akin Ladipo, entered a “no case submission” but the prosecution counsel described the “no case submission” as surprising, noting that the submission would slow down court proceeding.
Badiora said the governor’s associates paid money into the accused persons’ account which they withdrawn.
Ladipo, however, insisted that the two accused persons were innocent conduit pipes, who were unsuspicious of the motive of Kelvin, whom they gave their bank accounts to.
Justice Falola adjourned the case to March 14, 2013, for ruling on the no case submission.
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