- The 29-year-old, a member of Eiye confraternity, was convicted and sentenced by the state Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta on Friday.
One Tobiloba Ogunbo has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ogun State over his membership of a secret cult.
The 29-year-old, a member of Eiye confraternity, was convicted and sentenced by the state Special Cultism Court in Abeokuta on Friday.
He was arraigned on three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society and behaving in a manner causing a breach of public peace.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mr O. L. Oke held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, thus pronouncing the convict guilty as charged.
Oke also said the evidence presented by the prosecution was irrefutable, sentencing Ogunbo to spend the next seven years in a correctional centre without an option of a fine.
According to the prosecutor, Insp Olaide Rawlings, the convict committed the offences on January 19 at about 2.00 pm in the Sabo area of Abeokuta.
Rawlings had told the court that the police received information that the Ogunbo with some of his members fought and injured one Mr Anu.
She said on the investigation of the matter, the convict was arrested, and upon interrogation, he made a confessional statement that he was a member of the Eiye Confraternity.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 45(b), 34, 36 and 37 of the Secret Cults Prohibition and Special Provisions Law of Ogun 2016