Ex-Abeokuta NYSC LG Inspector Dragged To Court For ‘Supplying Female Corper Abortion Drugs’
Judges Grants Him N500,000 Bail
The immediate past local government inspector of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abeokuta South, Abass Olalekan, was arraigned before the Magistrate Court at Isabo, Abeokuta for allegedly supplying abortion pills to a female corps member, Victoria Ariyo, who tragically passed away last Tuesday.
Olalekan specifically was arraigned on two counts of conspiracy and unlawful procurement of abortion for the late corper who died as a result of complications from abortion procedures.
Olalekan was alleged to have been in a romantic relationship with Ariyo before her untimely death.
The charge sheet marked MA/22/99/2026 reads “That you Abbas Olalekan and others at large, between January and March 2026, at Ikereku area, Laderin, Abeokuta, in the Abeokuta Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit abortion and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State 2006.
“That you: Abbas Olalekan and others at large on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial district did unlawfully attempt to procure abortion by supplying Ariyo Victoria Olapeju ‘F” drugs and thereby committed an offence contrary and punishable under Section 230 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State 2006.”
The NYSC official, while appearing before the presiding Magistrate, A. K Araba, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges levelled against him
The defendant’s counsel, Elizabeth Adelabu, filed for bail on behalf of the accused, stating that the alleged charges are bailable.
Araba granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum, saying that one of the sureties must be a blood relative, while the other must be gainfully employed.
The Magistrate added that the sureties must provide a utility bill, a deposition to an affidavit of means, submit six passport photographs and provide evidence of the 2026 tax payment to the Ogun Government.
She ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ibara Correctional Centre pending perfection of the bail conditions.
The case was adjourned until April 14 for further hearing.