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Published 17 May 2021
Adesina Ogunlana, counsel for embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has slammed the Lagos State Police Command, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and other persons who were opposed to the release of the actor on bail.
Ogunlana in a Facebook Live on Monday evening shortly after the actor detained by police for alleged sexual assault, was granted bail, took turn to lambast all those who allegedly trampled on the fundamental human rights of Baba Ijesha.
Baba Ijesha has been under fire since April 22, 2021, when the Lagos State Police Command announced his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the care of popular comedienne, Adekola Adekanya, otherwise called Princess.
Judiciary workers’ strike stalls ex-petroleum minister Diezani’s corruption case
Without anticipating the JUSUN strike would start on April 6, the trial judge had, on March 3, adjourned the matter till Monday (today) for the EFCC to appear and report on its effort to have the former minister extradited to Nigeria.
The scheduled hearing in the money laundering case against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Diezani Alison-Madueke, failed to hold on Monday due to the ongoing nationwide strike by judiciary workers.
The strike embarked upon by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) will be seven weeks old on Tuesday.
JUSUN strike stalls ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke’s trial
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The trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, was on Monday stalled due to the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
The matter, which was before a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, was fixed for Monday, May 17, for the EFCC to report on its effort at extraditing Alison-Madueke to the country to stand her trial.
Although Justice Ojukwu had, on March 16, been transferred to a Calabar division of the court, the case was fixed following the absence of the EFCC’s lawyer, Farouk Abdullah, in court on March 3.
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Man, 30, remanded for alleged armed robbery
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A Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Azeez Maroof, for alleged armed robbery.
Maroof was ordered to be remanded at the Ado-Ekiti correctional centre pending legal advice from the office of State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The accused was arraigned before a regular Magistrate court that was moved to the State Police Headquarters in State CID section in Ado-Ekiti.
The sitting at the Police Headquarters was due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).