Two Osogbo Residents Held for Attacking IBEDC Workers

Two men from Osogbo, Osun State, were on Thursday sent to the Ilesa Custodial Centre. They are accused of attacking staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) at its Oke-Ayepe office in Osogbo.

The accused, Hassan Adeshina, 38, and Isiaka Mukaila, 20, appeared before Magistrate A. Daramola at the Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court. They face six charges including assault, threatening lives, and behaving in a way that could disturb public peace.

The charge sheet states that the accused, along with others not caught yet, attacked Mmadukwe Michael and Jimoh Rashidat on October 21, 2026, at the IBEDC office in Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo. The accused allegedly pressured the two IBEDC workers to hand over the money collected for the company that day.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. The charge read, “That you, Hassan Adeshina, Isiaka Mukaila, and others now at large, on the same date, time, and place, did attack Mmadukwe Michael, a staff member of IBEDC Office, Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo, and threatened him to give you the money they collected for the company by force. If he refused, you would do him harm.

“That you, Hassan Adeshina, Isiaka Mukaila, and others now at large, on the same date, time, and place, did attack Jimoh Rashidat, a staff member of IBEDC Office, Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo, and threatened her to give you the money they collected for the company by force. If she refused, you would do her harm.

“That you, Hassan Adeshina, Isiaka Mukaila, and others now at large, on the same date, time, and place, did behave in a way likely to cause a breach of peace when you attacked the staff of IBEDC Office, Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo, and demanded the money they collected for the company, which caused chaos in the area.”

These actions go against Sections 516, 86(2), 249(D), and 351 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State, Nigeria, 2002.

Magistrate Daramola ordered that the defendants be kept at the Ilesa Correctional Facility. The case will continue on December 1, 2026.