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Two males, Mr. Ogbonaa Igbojonwu, a former dealer from Ilasa, Ogun State, and Mr. Kolawole Oladeji, a former generator mechanic, have requested the Lagos State administration to try their long-standing case and submit a recent attraction.
Resulting from an unresolved disagreement over the sale and restore of a generator, the 2 have been behind bars since 1999.
In October 1999, SaharaReporters found that Mr. Segun Ajibade instructed his chauffeur, Mr. Sunday Oloyede, to carry a Lister generator to Mr. Oladeji’s workshop in order that it could possibly be repaired.
However Mr. Ajibade allegedly informed Oladeji to promote the generator when the repairs had been completed.
The receipts from the transaction attest to Mr. Igbojonwu’s good religion buy of the generator.
However quickly after the sale, Mr. Oloyede and each people had been taken into custody.
In accordance with info obtained by SaharaReporters, they had been discovered responsible after a trial in 2003, given the loss of life penalty, after which put in life in jail.
They declare that, regardless of taking their case all the way in which to the Courtroom of Enchantment, they had been duped into dropping their attraction by the governor of Ogun State promising them a pardon, which by no means occurred.
Below the prerogative of compassion, Ogun State Governor Ibidapo Abiodun has pardoned Segun Ajibade, the alleged mastermind of the occasions.The fellows have begged for justice, highlighting the 25 years they’ve been imprisoned for a case they really feel the police and courts dealt with improperly.
Within the meantime, Oladeji and Igbojonwu had been visited by Take-It-Again (TIB) Motion activists on the Kirikiri Most Safety Correctional Facility in Lagos on Monday.
The professional-democracy group demanded immediate motion and referred to the incarceration as a miscarriage of justice.
TIB demanded instant motion through the go to, together with an attraction and case evaluate.
Each offenders have been housed on the jail since October 1999 on theft accusations, in keeping with the TIB.
“Mr. Segun Ajibade despatched his driver, Mr. Sunday Oloyede, directions to hold a Lister generator to Mr. Kolawole Oladeji’s workshop in October 1999 in order that it could possibly be repaired. Mr. Kolawole Oladeji was informed to promote the generator to any buyer who was prepared after fixing it. Mr. Ogbonaa Igbojonwu purchased the generator with out understanding the place it got here from, though he did see receipts proving it.Along with Mr. Kolawole Oladeji, Mr. Ogbonaa Igbojonwu later purchased the generator and was taken into custody.“He, Mr. Ogbonaa Igbojonwu, and Mr. Sunday Oloyede (Mr. Segun Ajibade’s driver) have been incarcerated since 1999,” Mr. Kolawole Oladeji added.
“They had been placed on loss of life row throughout their 2003 trial and are at present serving life sentences.
“They appealed their case from the Excessive Courtroom to the Courtroom of Enchantment, however they had been duped into dropping it by the governor of Ogun State promising them a pardon, which by no means got here to cross.
“Ogun State Governor Ibidapo Abiodun has pardoned Segun Ajibade, who’s accused of masterminding the occasions, in keeping with the prerogative of mercy.
“We advise doing the next:Case Evaluate and Enchantment: They must have their case examined and submit a recent attraction.Media Publicity: The ineptitude of the Nigerian Police and the judiciary ought to be made public by means of the media, particularly the prosecutors’ incapacity to ascertain their expenses past an affordable doubt and the Nigeria Police Pressure’s poor investigation.
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