The Secretary to the Ekiti West Local Government Caretaker Committee and immediate past Special Assistant (Political) to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Tai Oguntayo, and 12 others were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court for unlawful possession of firearms.
Oguntayo and the others were arraigned before Magistrate Soji Adegboye of Magistrate Court One on a two count charge of unlawful possession of firearms and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace.
The accused were granted bail with two sureties.
Oguntayo and the 12 others were arrested on Saturday over the fracas between his faction of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Okemesi-Ekiti and that of Hon. Kayode Fashakin, a member of the state House of Assembly.
Five guns were allegedly found at Oguntayo’s official residence at the Local Council Guest House, Aramoko Ekiti.
Oguntayo was alleged to have led thugs to unleash terror on supporters of Fashakin, with three people said to have sustained serious injuries.
