A 43-year-old man, Abbas Olalekan, was on Monday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged conspiracy and attempt to procure abortion.
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Olalekan, who resides in the Mosafueto area of Oke-Ata, Abeokuta, is facing charges of conspiracy and unlawful attempt to procure abortion by supplying drugs.
The prosecution counsel, Insp. Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offences between January and March in the Ikereku area of Laderin, Abeokuta.
He alleged that the defendant conspired with others still at large to commit a felony, namely abortion. The prosecutor further told the court that Olalekan attempted to procure an abortion by supplying drugs to a woman, who later died.
According to the prosecution, the defendant, said to be a staff member of the National Youth Service Corps, had an affair with the deceased, who was also a corps member serving in Abeokuta. He allegedly impregnated her and attempted to terminate the pregnancy by procuring abortion drugs for her.
The prosecutor added that the drugs administered to the woman allegedly led to her death.
He said the offences contravene Sections 516 and 230 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel to the defendant, Mrs Bunmi Adelabu, urged the court to grant her client bail in the most liberal terms, citing Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution, which presumes an accused person innocent until proven guilty. She argued that the charge did not establish that the defendant was responsible for the death of the deceased.
In her ruling, the magistrate, Mrs A.K. Araba, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. She ordered that one of the sureties must be a relative, while the other must be gainfully employed.
The magistrate further directed that the sureties must provide a utility bill, depose to an affidavit of means, submit six passport photographs, and present evidence of 2026 tax payment to the Ogun State Government.
She also ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ibara Correctional Centre pending the perfection of the bail conditions.
The case was adjourned until April 14 for further hearing.
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