The Kwara State Police Command yesterday arraigned a second- class monarch from Odo-Owa, Oke-Ero Local Government, Oba Joshua Adeyemi Adimula, for alleged trespass to land and threat to life.

In the case number MCIA/374/2019, the cleric in charge of St Thomas Catholic Church, Odo-Owa, Rev Pius Obikwelu, accused the monarch of trespassing into the church’s parcel of land in the community.

In the police First Information Report (FIR), dated February 25, “the case was transferred from the Area Commander, Omu-Aran, in Irepodun Local

Government to the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Ilorin for discreet investigation.”

The Catholic reverend father in a petition dated November 20, 2018 reported that Oba Adimula “trespassed into his church parcel of land situated beside St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Odo-Owa and placed an object suspected to be juju on the land. In the process, the monarch also threatened that evil would befall anybody who dared to remove the object.

“Investigation conducted by the state CIID Ilorin revealed that you Oba Adimula who ought to be a promoter of peace within your domain criminally trespassed into the complainant’s land.”

Hearing of the case slated for commencement yesterday could not hold, because the prosecution counsel, Nasir Yusuf, got the case file at 8:30am of the same day.

Mr. Yusuf told the court that “ordinarily the case is slated for hearing today, but I got the case file this morning. Upon perusal, I discovered that it will not be appropriate to continue with the hearing based on my discussion with my senior learned colleague. We are, therefore, applying for another date for hearing.”

Presiding Chief Magistrate A. M. Ibrahim adjourned the case till September 24 for commencement of hearing