Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, alias Auxilliary, the chairman of the Park Management System (PMS) disciplinary committee, has been brought before a magistrate court in the state’s Ibadan North East Local Government Area by the Oyo State Police Command.
According to a court document released on Thursday, Auxilliary, 61, was charged with six charges of conspiracy, malicious damage, and conduct likely to disturb the peace.
He was accused of planning to deface the All Progressives Congress (APC) billboards in Igboora, Ibarapa Central Local Government, which were worth N1.2 million.
The billboards featured the images of APC candidates for president, governor, and the house of representatives, as well as the image of APC House of Representative candidate Engr. Aderemi Oseni valued at N3 million.
“That you MUKAILA LAMIDI ‘M’ and others now at large, on the 13th day of November, 2022, about 6:50pm, at Igboora in the Igboora Magisterial district triable in the Ibadan North East Magisterial district did Conspire with one another to commit an offence to wit: Malicious damage and Conduct likely to cause breach of the peace and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 517 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
“That you MUKAILA LAMIDI ‘M’ and others now at large, on the same, date and time in the aforementioned Magisterial district did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace by destroying APC Political Party Bill Boards bearing the pictures of APC Presidential Candidate, Gubernatorial Candidate and House of Representative Candidate and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and punishable under Section 249(d) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
“That you MUKAILA LAMIDI ‘M’ and others now at large, on the 13th day of November, 2022, about 11:00am, at Ido in the Omi-Adio Magisterial district triable in the Ibadan North East Magisterial district did conspire with one another to commit an offence to wit: Malicious damage and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and punishable under Section 517 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
“That you MUKAILA LAMIDI ‘M’ and others now at large, on the same, date and time in the aforementioned Magisterial district did Conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace by destroying APC Political Party Bill Boards bearing the pictures of APC House of Representative Candidate and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and punishable under Section 249(d) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000,” the charges read.
Meanwhile, the Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan North East Local Government Area adjourned the case between the chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxilliary and the commissioner of police till February 2nd, 2023.
