The police on Friday arraigned a 32-year-old man, Adeweye Abiodun, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of cannabis.
The defendant, of no fixed address, was charged with possession of cannabis.
The prosecutor, ASP Osuolale Yomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 13 at about 11:00a.m in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant had in his possession weeds suspected to be cannabis.
Yomi said that the offence contravened Section 5(b) of the Indian Hemp Act LFN 2004.
He urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the case file and assemble his witnesses.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
Counsel to the defendant, Mrs Adunni Olanipekun, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Magistrate, Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case until Nov. 10 for hearing.
