A 40-year-old man Frederick Akinboboye was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 for failing to produce his 15-year-old son to face trial for alleged rape of a minor.
Mr Akinboboye, a resident of Ojokoro, was admitted to bail in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The prosecutor Ezekiel Ayorinde told the court that the accused committed the offence in November at Ojokoro Police Station, Lagos.
Mr Ayorinde said Akinboboye conspired with his 15-year-old son to obstruct and pervert the course of justice.
“The accused stood as a surety for his son, who was arrested for allegedly defiling a minor and impregnating her.
“His son was then released to the accused, who promised to produce him on November 26 and other subsequent dates till the case is finally disposed of.
“But the accused failed to produce his son to the Police on November 26 as promised,” the prosecutor said.
The offence, Ayorinde added, contravened the provisions of sections 97 (1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Akinboboye pleaded guilty to conspiracy and perversion of justice charges leveled against him.
The magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi ordered Akinboboye to produce two sureties as part of his bail conditions.
She ordered that the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidences of two-year’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
The case was subsequently adjourned until January 8, 2019 for hearing.
NAN reports that Section 97 (1) provides seven-year imprisonment for perversion of justice, while section 411 attracts two years for conspiracy.
