Osogbo: Two Remanded Over Alleged Assault On IBEDC Staff

A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has remanded two men in a correctional facility over their alleged involvement in an attack on staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC).

The defendants, Hassan Adeshina, 38, and Isiaka Mukaila, 20, were ordered to be remanded at the Ilesa Correctional Centre after being arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, assault, threat to life, conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace and rough handling.

The case, marked MOS/625/2026, followed an alleged incident at Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo, on October 21, 2026, at about 11 a.m.

According to the charge sheet, the defendants and other persons still at large allegedly attacked two IBEDC workers, identified as Mmadukwe Michael and Jimoh Rashidat.

The prosecution alleged that the defendants threatened the workers and demanded that money realised on behalf of the electricity distribution company be handed over to them by force.

Part of the charge alleged that the defendants threatened to cause harm to Michael if he refused to surrender the money.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

They were also accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace during the alleged confrontation, which reportedly caused pandemonium in the area.

The offences were said to be punishable under Sections 516, 86(2), 249(D) and 351 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 34, Volume II, Laws of Osun State, 2002.

The prosecutor, ASP Olayiwola R., presented the case before Magistrate O.A. Daramola, who ordered that the defendants be remanded in custody.

The court adjourned the matter until December 1, 2026, for further hearing.