Man In Court Over Alleged Unlawful Conduct

A 37-year-old man,
Opeyemi Ogunrinde, was on Thursday arraigned in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged unlawful conduct.
He is standing trial for compelling one Friday Oronsaye, a staff of EKO Electricity Distribution Company, to descend from an electric pole.
The accused who lives at No. 2 Oladipo Labinjo Crescent, off Akinsemoyin St., Surulere Lagos is facing a two-count charge of unlawful conduct and unlawful obstruction.
Ogunrinde pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Insp. Gabriel Ekundayo told the court that the accused committed the offences at his resident around 12.00p.m. on Dec.9.
He said Oransaye and some workers of EKO Electricity Distribution were on official duty to read the metre installed at the resident of the accused.
“Oransaye and his colleagues while reading the meter of the accused saw that on the bill the sum of N142, 836. 96 was owed.
“The directive from the office was that he should disconnect the light of any bill above N50, 000.
“When he climbed the pole to disconnect their light, the accused started shaking the ladder and unlawfully disallowed him from performing his lawful duty,’’ he said.
Ekundayo said that the offences contravened Sections 166(D) and 117(2) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs M.I. Dan-Oni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.
The magistrate adjourned the case till January 20, 2016.