This was after he was arraigned by the Ogun State Police Command for assaulting a 73-year-old man, Abraham Areola.
A video of the assault sparked outrage on social media as it showed Oba Ogunjobi, a former police officer, boasting of having the connections to get Areola jailed.
According to him, Areola, who was seen kneeling and pleading with the monarch, was making moves against his family.
The charge against the monarch read: “That Abdul-Semiu ‘m’ and others at large, on 21st January 2025, at about 1100 hrs at Sojuolu Street, Ifo Magisterial District, did conspire to commit a misdemeanour, to wit: assault and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 517 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.
“That you, Abdul-Semiu ‘m’, and others now at large, on the same date, time, and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did unlawfully assault one Areola Abraham by slapping him on the face and ear, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 351 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.
“That you, Abdul-Semiu ‘m’, and others at large, on the same date, time, and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by forcing one Areola Abraham ‘m’ to kneel down and assaulting him in public, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 249 (d) of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.”
Oba Ogunjobi, who has since been suspended by the Ogun State Government, was arraigned before Magistrate F. A. Iroko, to whom he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
The court granted him bail with two sureties in the sum of N5m each, who must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
His inability to meet the bail condition led him to be remanded in prison.
Source: www.mynigeria.com
