Ex-lawmaker arraigned for alleged perjury, defamation

• Published date: 24 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Former lawmaker Folaranmi Oyebanji has been arraigned at an Ogbomoso Chief Magistrates' Court in Oyo State for alleged perjury, false and defamatory publication on a pending matter in the court.

Oyebanji had earlier been arraigned and charged on July 9, 2022 with alleged 'conspiracy, forgery, publication of false documents and threat to murder Chief Solomon Ojedayo and his family members.'

According to the fresh four-count charge numbered: MOG/11c/2023, brought against the 57-year-old defendant by the prosecution, which he pleaded not guilty to, he with another person now at large, allegedly 'on September 16, 2021 at about 10am at Oko, Ogbomoso, in Ogbomoso Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony to wit perjury, publication of false and defamatory news, and conduct likely to cause breach of peace...