Efe Omorogbe, founder and chief
executive Officer of Now Muzik Ltd, was on Thursday brought before an Igbosere
magistrates’ court, Lagos, for allegedly forging the Copyright Society of
Nigeria (COSON) letterhead.
Omorogbe, 47, is the manager of
music icon, Innocent ‘2baba’ Idibia.
He was arraigned alongside Joel
Ajayi, 61, before O O Oshin by the zone II police command headquarters,
Obalende.
Ajayi is listed on the COSON
website as a member of board of directors and “the managing director, Gospel
Choral Records Ltd.”
The duo is standing trial on a
three-count charge of forgery, use of false document and breach of peace.
Friday Mameh, the prosecutor,
told the court that Omorogbe, Ajayi and others still at large committed the
offences on December 7, 2017 at 41, Oluwaleyimu St., Ikeja.
Mameh said the accused allegedly
forged COSON’s letterhead “with intent that it may be acted upon or used as
genuine to the prejudice of COSON.
“The accused also conducted
themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace by storming the
meeting venue of Chief Tony Okoroji with thugs and disrupted the proceedings”.
He told the court that the
offences contravened sections 168 (d), 363 and 376 of the criminal law of Lagos
state, 2015.
Omorogbe and Ajayi, however,
pleaded not guilty.
Counsel to the accused persons, S
Ehiwelele and Chibuzor Nwankobi, urged the court to admit them to bails on
liberal terms.
Ruling on their bail
applications, Magistrate Oshin granted each accused person N250,000 bail with
one surety each in like sum.
He said each surety must have a
sustainable means of livelihood with an evidence of tax payment to the Lagos
state government.
The case was adjourned until May
17 for mention
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