The police in Ekiti State have arraigned a 42-year-old man, Ajayi Oluwatosin, at the Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti over an alleged sexual assault of a woman.
The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant, on or about September 18 at Iworoko-Ekiti, within the Igbemo-Ekiti Magisterial District, did assault one Okuwoga Ibukun without her consent.
Inspector Oriyomi noted that the defendant committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 269(1) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.
Counsel to the defendant, Barrister O. G. Abiola, urged the court to grant his client bail on liberal terms, stating he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Abayomi Adeosun, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
The case was adjourned until October 23, for hearing.