Three persons – Olamide Olamide, 23; Festus Famadewa, 22; and Awofiranye Sunday, 23, who unlawfully entered a plot of land, on Thursday appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court.

The defendants of no fixed addresses are facing a three-count charge of trespassing, conspiracy and breach of the peace.

The prosecutor, Insp Adesina Elijah, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 16, around 12:00pm at Ilala Obaloogun Area, Ile-Ife, Osun.

Elijah explained that the defendants unlawfully entered a plot of land belonging to the complainant, Olaniyan Oluwaseyi, armed with cutlass and other dangerous weapons.

He said the defendants threatened to kill Oluwaseyi with cutlass and other dangerous weapons, causing psychological trauma to him.

The prosecutor said that defendants also paraded themselves as member of an unlawful society known as “Eye Confraternity”.

He said one Tecno Spark4 phone, one Tecno PoP6 phone and one Samsung Ao5 phone were found in their possession which they could not give satisfactory account of them.

He said that the offences contravened Sections 86, 430 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty.

The defence counsel, Mr Martins Awe, applied for the bail of the defendants in most liberal terms with a pledge that they would not jump bail.

Magistrate Taofeek Badmus granted the defendants N1 million bail each with two sureties each in like sum.

Badmus added that the sureties must swear to affidavit of means, resides within the court jurisdiction, and one of the sureties must be a blood relation.

The magistrate stated further that the second surety must have landed property valued at N2 million.

Meanwhile, the magistrate ordered that the defendants should be remanded in the Ile-Ife Correctional Centre pending the perfection of their bail conditions.

The case was adjourned until Aug. 14, for hearing.