Six persons, Ngozichukwu Onyebuchi 44, Clement Eromosele 26, Chukwudi Akwegbu 26, Chibuzor Chukwu 18, Godspower Enudi 21, Okorie Livonus 36 were arrested by Lagos police for noise pollution during church service at Olaomibiyi Street, Ogba.
Report has it they were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, were they are being accused of converting a residential apartment to a church. It was learned that the landlord and residents of the building where the defendants gathered to worship had complained that the congregation caused noise pollution whenever they prayed.
They were said to have cautioned the
worshipers to lower their voices, but the
members reportedly declined.
It was gathered that the church was reported to the police at the Pen Cinema division, who arrested the six members on January 14 during Sunday service.
They were brought before a Chief Magistrate, Mrs. T. Akanni, on two counts of engaging in a conduct capable of causing a breach of the peace.
The offence, according to a police prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, is punishable under sections 410 and 166 (1) (d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The charges read, “That you, Ngozichukwu
Onyebuchi, Clement Eromosele, Chukwudi
Akwegbu, Chibuzor Chukwu, Godspower Enudi
and Okorie Livonus, and others still at large on Olaomibiyi Street, Ogba, Lagos, on January 14, 2016, at about 8am in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to wit: conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.
“That you and others still at large on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully convert the residential apartment of the aforementioned house to a church and disturb peace of the landlord and other tenants as you were praying
on top of your voice, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section 166 (1) (d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected summary trial.
The presiding magistrate, Akanni, admitted them to bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties each in like sum. The magistrate added that the sureties must provide evidence of tax payments and their residential addresses to the court for the perfection of the defendants’ bail.
The case was adjourned till February 15, 2016, for mention.
Report has it they were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, were they are being accused of converting a residential apartment to a church. It was learned that the landlord and residents of the building where the defendants gathered to worship had complained that the congregation caused noise pollution whenever they prayed.
They were said to have cautioned the
worshipers to lower their voices, but the
members reportedly declined.
It was gathered that the church was reported to the police at the Pen Cinema division, who arrested the six members on January 14 during Sunday service.
They were brought before a Chief Magistrate, Mrs. T. Akanni, on two counts of engaging in a conduct capable of causing a breach of the peace.
The offence, according to a police prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, is punishable under sections 410 and 166 (1) (d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The charges read, “That you, Ngozichukwu
Onyebuchi, Clement Eromosele, Chukwudi
Akwegbu, Chibuzor Chukwu, Godspower Enudi
and Okorie Livonus, and others still at large on Olaomibiyi Street, Ogba, Lagos, on January 14, 2016, at about 8am in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to wit: conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.
“That you and others still at large on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully convert the residential apartment of the aforementioned house to a church and disturb peace of the landlord and other tenants as you were praying
on top of your voice, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section 166 (1) (d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and elected summary trial.
The presiding magistrate, Akanni, admitted them to bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties each in like sum. The magistrate added that the sureties must provide evidence of tax payments and their residential addresses to the court for the perfection of the defendants’ bail.
The case was adjourned till February 15, 2016, for mention.
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