Ogun man Odusile bags 8 months in jail for lying against younger brother

By Joy Akinsanya

A 65-year-old man identified as Gbenga Odusile has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment for lodging a false complaint and defaming his sibling, Imoleayo Odusile in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Odusile with no fixed address was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on false information and defamation.

The Police prosecutor, ASP Adewusi Ojo, had in the course of the trial told the court that Odusile committed the offences on Aug. 12, 2024, at 10:44 a.m. at the Kemta Divisional Police Headquarters and later at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta.

Ojo said he falsely reported to police officers that one Imoleayo Odusile, who is his younger brother, snatched his purse containing over N350,000 and a pair of eyeglasses and ran away.

The prosecutor said the information was false and was made with intent to mislead the police and have the said Imoleayo Odusile arrested and imprisoned.

He added that the defendant’s action also amounted to defamation, as he knowingly made false allegations in a public place to damage the reputation of the complainant.

According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 125A(1)(a), 249(d) and 373 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun 2006.

Delivering judgement, Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo Abeokuta presided over by Mr I.O. Ogunfemi, convicted Odusile after finding him guilty of the charges levelled against him.

Ogunfemi sentenced the defendant to three months imprisonment on counts one and two and two months’ imprisonment on Count three without an option of fine.

He said that the sentences were to run consecutively.

The magistrate also ordered the defendant to pay N200,000 as restitution to the complainant as compensation for defamation of character.

(NAN)