Monday, January 13, 2025 - The Oyo State government has initiated a fresh suit against a former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the proprietor of an Ibadan-based radio station, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, and the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdulahi Fasasi.
The 18-count suit with charge number: I/05C/2025 was filed at the State
High Court on Friday, 10th January 2025.
The Oyo State Government was listed as the complainant while Silekunola,
Hamzat and and Babatunde were named as defendants.
The 18-count charges relate to: conspiracy to commit a felony, namely
murd£r; m@nslaughter; conspiracy to commit an offence, criminal negligence; and
criminal negligence.
The offences are said to be contrary to and punishable under section 324
of the Criminal Code, CAP 38, Vol II Law of Oyo State, 2000.
In the charge sheet, the prosecution listed the names and details of 14
out of the reported 35 victims of the stampede.
The names on the charge sheet include: Musiliu Sofiyah, ‘f’, 8 years;
Lekan Salami, ‘m’, 7 years; Feyikemi Salam, ‘f’, 1 and a half years; Olaniyan
Joshua, ‘m’, 1 and a half years; and Laeef Muisi, ‘m’, 8 years.
Others are: Opeyemi Ayomide, ‘f’, 4 years; Adebayo-Fatimah, ‘f’, 4
years; Adebayo-Abibat, ‘f’, 5 years; Adeyanju Taiwo, ‘f’, 8 years; Salaudeen
Khalid, ‘m’, minor; Anjorin Faridat, ‘f’, 10 years; Nahaam Muisi, ‘m’, 13
years; and Babatunde Toheeb, ‘m’, 18 years.
The charge also states that the suspects “did conspire together to
commit a felony, namely criminal negligence, and thereby committed an offence
contrary to and punishable under section 517 of the Criminal Code, CAP 38, Vol
II, Law of Oyo State, 2000.
“Did negligently omit to provide adequate security, crowd control mechanisms, and medical facilities to prevent a st@mpede at a children’s funfair programme organised by you, and your negligent omission resulted in the de@th of one
Two different courts in Ibadan will also be hearing matters related to
the trio on Monday, Jan. 13.
While an Oyo State High Court will be ruling on the bail application of the
trio before it, a Chief Magistrate’s Court will be hearing the case after it
adjourned last year and ordered the defendants to be kept at the Agodi
Correctional Centre.
Justice K. B Olawoyin, presiding over Court 8, Oyo State High Court,
Ring Road, Ibadan, also fixed Monday, 13th January 2025, to deliver his ruling
on the bail application filed by Olori Naomi Silekunola, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat
and Abdulahi Fasasi.
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