THEREE women, Tope Oni 35 years; Temitope Koleolu 21 years; and Rashidat Oladipupo 52 years, were last week, arraigned on three count charge of conspiracy to commit abortion and unlaw procurement of  abortion.

The prosecution, represented by Inspector Sunday Ogunremi, alleged that the three accused, on or before December 20, 2011, at Inalende area in the Ibadan Magisterial district, conspired to commit abortion and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 516 of the criminal code, cap 38 VolII, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria.

The second count of the charge indicated that Tope Oni and Rashidat Oladipupo, on December 26, at Inalende and Salvation Army Area in Mokola, Ibadan unlawfully aborted a four-month old pregnancy of one Temitope Koleolu and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 228 of the criminal code, cap 38, vol Ii, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.

The prosecutor also accused Temitope Koleolu, 21 years, of unlawfully permitting her four-month old pregnancy to be aborted and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 229 of the Criminal code, cap 38, Vol II, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge and they were granted bail by the trial Chief Magistrate, Mrs Safiyah Oyediran, in the sum of N100,000 and two sureties each. The case has been adjourned to February 23, 2012 for continuation.

In another development,  police in Oyo State have arraigned two accused, Olalekan Jamiyu, 24 years and Ahmed Oyetunji, 26 years on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and indecent assault of a lady.

According to the prosecution, Jamiyu and Oyetunji on July 10, 2011, at about 8:00am at Oke Padre area, Ibadan conspired to commit felony to wit; obtaining money under false pretence and thereby committed an offence under section 516 of the criminal code, cap 39, Vol II, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

The prosecution further alleged that the accused on the same date, time and place, fraudulently collected N250,000 from one Abeni Adegbola, with the pretence of making sacrifice for her not to die and to be prosper in life, an assurance which they knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 419 of the criminal code, cap 38, volII, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

In the third and last count of the charge, Jamiyu was accused to have, on July 15, 2011 at Oke-Padre area, Ibadan indecently assaulted one Abeni Adegbola’f’ under the pretence that she will die, if he did not sleep with her and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 360 of the criminal code, cap 38, volII, laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the presiding Chief Magistrate, Alhaja F.A. Badrudeen granted bail to the accsued in the sum of N100,000 and two sureties each. The case has been adjourned to February 3, 2012 for hearing.