A 43 years old staff member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abbas Olalekan, has been dragged before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrate Court in Ogun State for allegedly impregnating a serving female youth corp member, Victoria Ariyo and going ahead to procure abortion, which led to her death..He was docked today, March 23.
Olalekan, who resides at Mosafuneto area of Oke-Ata, Abeokuta, is charged with conspiracy and unlawful attempt to procure abortion by supplying drugs.
The Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Lawrence Olu-Balogun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between January and March this year at Ikereku area, Laderin in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
He alleged that the defendant conspired with others now at large to commit a felony, to wit abortion.
The prosecutor further alleged that the defendant attempted to procure abortion by supplying drugs to Ariyo, now deceased .
According to Olu-Balogun, the defendant had an affair with the deceased, who was a corps member serving in Abeokuta South Local Government Area.
He alleged that Olalekan impregnated her and attempted to terminate the pregnancy by procuring abortion drugs for her.
The prosecutor said the drugs administered allegedly led to her death.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 516 and 230 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Counsel for the defendant, Bunmi Adelabu, applied for bail in the most liberal terms, citing Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
Adelabu told the court that the charge did not indicate that the defendant was responsible for the death of the deceased.
The Magistrate, A. K. Araba, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Araba ruled that one of the sureties must be a relative, while the other must be gainfully employed.
She added that the sureties must provide a utility bill, depose to an affidavit of means, submit six passport photographs, and provide evidence of 2026 tax payment to the Ogun State Government.
The Magistrate also ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ibara Correctional Centre pending perfection of the bail conditions.
The case was adjourned to April 14, 2026 for further hearing.
