Mrs Oyediran allegedly
stabbed her husband to death after a domestic fight on February 2, 2016. If you missed the first part of Yewande's story click here
This came as warders
smuggled the accused out of the premises of an Ibadan Magistrate Court in a
blue Primera car other than the prison van they used to bring her and other
accused persons to court.
After waiting fruitlessly
for journalists to leave the court premises so she could board the prison van,
the warders had to push other accused persons into the waiting van and sped
off.
Another exit was prepared
Mrs Oyediran, who was taken out of the court in a private car.
This, they did to act
according to the dictates of the family of the accused who insisted that her
photograph must not be taken.
On arrival at the court, a
woman dressed in black and purple blouse was the first to charge at the
journalists, then followed by other relations of the accused.
The drama got to climax as
a man, who is sympathetic to the accused person passed an uncomplimentary
remark at a bereaved woman, who was crying all along. This infuriated the
family members of the deceased who were trying to conceal their bottled anger.
The atmosphere soon became
chaotic as other sympathisers were making frantic efforts to prevent a serious
confrontation.
Even though, the gun
totting warders had driven journalists away to a far distance, one of them with
a name tag, Aborode armed with gun still came and harassed photo-journalists
who were trying to capture the moment the accused person would board the prison
van.
While in court, her
counsel, Abimbola Oluwaseun, who led a retinue of lawyers to the court, said in
his oral application, that his client should not be remanded in prison custody
having gone through so much trauma.
But his plea did not make
any impact on the Chief Magistrate, K.Y Durosaro-Tijani who said, “it is beyond
me. I have no jurisdiction to do so.”
The magistrate then ordered
her to be remanded in Agodi Prisons, Ibadan.
Speaking after the court
session, a relation of the deceased, Mr. Mudasiru Oyewumi said “all we are
asking for is justice.”
When asked if he knew of
any serious issue between the couple, he said there was nothing except the
normal husband-wife relationship.
“Unfortunately, by now she
would have regrets. No reasonable woman can lift a knife against her husband”.
A lawyer, Mr. Sina Olaniyan
said it was quite unfortunate that we have found ourselves in this ugly
situation. What could have prompted her, I can’t say. It is going to be a test
for the judiciary because people are watching”.
family status or not yewande must not go unpunished
ReplyDeletePOOR MAN GONE FOR LIFE
ReplyDeleteShe killed So she too must be killed no matter how powerful her family is.
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