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The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has fixed January 13 to rule on the bail application of ex-Queen of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, Oriyomi Hazmat and Abdullahi Fasasi.
Justice K. B Olawoyin fixed the date while presiding over Tuesday’s hearing.
Naomi, Hazmat who is the proprietor of an Ibadan based radio station, Agidigbo FM, and Fasasi who is the Principal, Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan were arrested following a stampede in December.
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Over 35 people died during the stampede for food in Ibadan in December.
Counsels to the accuseds’ had filed a summon of application for bail before the Court.
Justice Olawoyin after listening to the submission and arguments of the Counsels, adjourned the ruling on the bail application till Tuesday, 13th Tuesday, 2025.
The suspects are currently being remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Centre Agodi.
In other news, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says government failures were responsible for the recent stampedes in Oyo, Anambra and Abuja.
The Bishop stated this on Wednesday in his Christmas message, stressing that the stampedes were a metaphor for the situation of desperation that citizens have been thrown into.
“The tragedies that occurred in Okija, Ibadan, and Abuja where innocent people lost their lives in stampedes at food distribution points are a metaphor for the situation of desperation that citizens have been thrown into.
“The failures of government to respond concretely toward ending the horrible crisis of hunger and desperation has created the conditions for these avoidable tragedies.
“Citizens are lapsing into despair,” he said.
