“The sentencing is to run consecutively and the convict is to have his name registered as a sex offender.”
After listening to the arguments, Mr Oweibo held that both applications would be taken on the same day.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
On Wednesday, the court’s registrar told Peoples Gazette that the judge was absent due to health reasons.
If the skit maker is found guilty of the offence, he is liable to 15 years’ imprisonment under the Child Rights Law, 2006.
The former governor said the former senator defamed him by referring to him as a “drunk, loose cannon and an embarrassment to President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“I have listened to the plea by their defence counsel but the convicts did not show any act of remorse.
Mr Osanyintuyi said the defendant assaulted Olom Eyare while she was performing her duty.
The defendants were also accused of stealing one Techno phone, wristwatch, torchlight and eyeglasses, property of one Olaiya Afeez.
Mr Osibanjo was arraigned on a 16-count charge bordering on involuntary manslaughter and grievous harm. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
