By Sade Adewale, Ondo

A 39-year-old motorcyclist, Tope Oladiji has been dragged before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for allegedly threatening to kill his father with cutlass.

The defendant is  facing a one-count charge bothering on  threat to life

The defendant was said to have committed the offence on October 28, 2022, contrary to and punishable under Sections 86(2) of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.

The charge sheet read in part,”That you, Tope Oladiji on October 28,2022 at about midnight at Holy Trinity Italuowo, Ondo, in the Ondo Magisterial District did threaten the life of one Kolawole Oladiji with a cutlass and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 86(2)of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Volume 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecutor, Supol Iyabo Omolara, told the court that she would call two witnesses to testify in the case, applied for a date to enable her study the case file.

The defendant was not legally represented.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs Toyin Olowookere granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.

She said the surety must be a resident within the jurisdiction, who must attach a passport photocopy of a valid ID Card.

She adjourned the case till December 8, 2022, for trial.