Court Acquits Ex NMA Chairman Of Electricity Meter Theft

A Magistrate Court in Osogbo, Osun State has acquitted the former Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association in Osun State, Dr Olajumoke Tokunbo Olumide of the electricity meter theft charge against him

The Osun State Police command arraigned the former NMA chairman on four counts at Chief Magistrate Court 6 presided over by Senior Magutrate AA Adeyeba in 2021 and was granted bail.

He was later re-arraigned before Magistrate Court 2 presided over by Magistrate Muhibah A.Olatunji on January 17, 2022 .

The Prosecution team led by Elisa Olusegun told the court that Olajumoke stole a Digital Postpaid Meter with number 14313649, valued at N250,000, property of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), installed to capture the exact electricity consumption at his hospital at Ogo-Oluwa area in Osogbo, the state capital.

The Prosecution also told the court that Dr Olajumoke conduct himself in a manner capable to cause breach of peace by deliberately using his grey coloured Hyundai vehicle with number plate RSH-205 BF Abuja to obstruct IBEDC’s operation vehicle among other offences punishable under the law.

But the defence counsel, Barrister Kazeem Sulaiman told the court that the charges against Dr Olajumoke were unfounded, baseless, frivolous and unimaginable.

Sulaiman said Dr Olajumoke is a very reputable senior medical expert who has contributed significantly to the society and could not not descended so low to commit the alleged offences.

In her ruling, Magistrate Muhibah A.Olatunji dismissed all the four counts against Dr Olajumoke for lacking merit and thereby discharged and acquitted him.