Why we dragged Naomi, Oriyomi, Fasasi to court docket over stampede – Oyo AG

Oyo Lawyer Common and Commissioner of Justice in Oyo State Abiodun Aikomo has justified the choice to file a contemporary cost towards Olori Naomi Silekunola, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat and Abdulahi Fasasi.

He mentioned the federal government is anxious about justice and hope for victims of the incident by urgent the contemporary 18 rely prices towards the defendants.

Earlier than the brand new cost, the three people are going through trial at a Chief Justice of the Peace Courtroom, Iyaganku over their alleged involvement in an occasion that resulted within the demise of 35 victims, principally kids.

The ill-fated Ibadan Youngsters Funfair held on the Islamic Excessive Faculty, Bashorun Ibadan on December 18, 2024.

Olori Naomi is the ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife and runs Wing Basis, an NGO. Hazmat is the proprietor of an Ibadan primarily based radio station, Agidigbo FM whereas Fasasi is the Principal, Islamic Excessive Faculty, Bashorun, Ibadan.

The trio was on Monday granted bail by an Oyo State Excessive Courtroom, Ring Highway, Ibadan after spending 20days on the Agodi Correctional Centre on the order of the Chief Justice of the Peace, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi. 

Amidst requires leniency for the three defendants, Governor Seyi Makinde totally different fora reiterated that these concerned, regardless of how extremely positioned, should face trial.

The Governor mentioned a lot of these reaching out to him had been utilizing related stampede incident in Anambra and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as examples the place no person is going through trial including that, even when no person is held accountable in every single place else, he’ll be sure that the rule of regulation is duly adopted in Oyo state.

The Governor had added that he was not towards the court docket granting the suspect bail, saying that’s to the discretion of the court docket.

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The Nation reviews that, in fulfilling the risk, the state authorities slammed a contemporary swimsuit on the trio

The 18 rely swimsuit with Cost quantity: I/05C/2025 is: the State authorities versus Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat and Fasasi Abdulahi Babatunde. It was filed on the State Excessive Courtroom on Friday, January tenth, 2025.

The 18 rely prices borders on: conspiracy to commit a felony to wit: homicide, manslaughter, conspiracy to commit an offence to wit: felony negligence, and felony negligence.

The offences had been mentioned to be opposite to and punishable below part 324 of the felony code, CAP 38, vol II Regulation of Oyo state, 2000.

Talking when contacted, the Lawyer Common and Commissioner for Justice mentioned the defendants have been served the brand new swimsuit and a date will quickly be mounted. 

Aikomo mentioned the fees had been served on the defendants, including that the federal government is giving the defendants the chance to have a date within the court docket to probably clear their identify or in any other case with their involvement within the incident.

Aikomo mentioned “There’s a afresh cost towards them. I don’t know if it has been assigned, that’s an administrative responsibility of the judiciary. I do know it has been served on the defendants and we have now a date for it. Everyone will hear about it.

“If you say is there nonetheless hope, what are you anticipating? We aren’t the court docket, we aren’t suppose to judge them, we’re supposed to present them a chance to have a date in court docket, and that’s what we have now executed. 

“So, we have now filed a cost, we have now a burden to show the case, if it has benefit, they defend it, in the event that they suppose it doesn’t have benefit, they’ll even file a no case. As a result of we need to guarantee hope and justice for the victims, that’s the reason we’re taking this measure.”

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