An Ikeja Magistrate’s court has sentenced four brothers, Abayomi Oluwa, 64; Ismaila Oluwa, 69; Tajudeen Oluwa, 60; and Musa Oluwa, 58 to 26 months in prison for forging the official stamp and signature of a Lagos High Court registrar.
The Magistrate, Mr. A. Adesanya, who did not give an option of fine, said the accused were found guilty of the offences, which contravened Sections 363 (2), (b) and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the four men had first been arraigned on June 30, 2014 on charges bordering on conspiracy and forgery, which they pleaded not guilty to. Each of them was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with sure sureties each.
The prosecutor, George Nwosu, a police Inspector, told the Magistrate’s court that the accused had filed a suit at a Lagos High Court against a traditional ruler, one Oba Mukaila, asking him to step down from the throne.
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