The Police in Ekiti State have arraigned a 28-year-old man, Kayode Seun, at an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over allegedly kidnapping three female students.
The defendant of no fixed addresss is standing trial on a count charge of kidnap.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the Court that the defendant and others still at large, committed the offence on May 2 in Ayetoro Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant and others at large kidnapped thre three female students, one Adebisi Tayo, Ogunleye Temiloluwa and Deborah Yusuf in the bush and tied them on a tree.
Akinwale said the police rescued the students in the bush and they were returned back to their parents.
He said the offence contravened Section 371 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap C16 Laws of Ekiti State 2012.
The prosecutor asked the Court for adjournment to enable him to study the case file and present his witnesses.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
His counsel, Mr Emmanuel Adedeji, urged the Court to grant him bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The prosecutor opposed the bail application, saying the accused may not show up in Court if granted bail, because it took the police extra effort before he could be arrested.
The Magistrate, Mrs Modupe Afeniforo, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum, the two sureties must be a level 10 civil servants.
Afeniforo adjourned the case until June 12 for hearing.