Court adjourns ex-Oyo Park chairman, Auxiliary’s trial till January 22

The Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, adjourned further hearing in the trial of the former chairman of the state’s Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxiliary to January 22.

The adjournment followed the defence counsel’s objection to the call for Insp. Innocent Agede from the Oyo State Police Command Monitoring Unit, Eleyele, Ibadan, as a prosecution witness.

The defence counsel, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, told the court that his prosecution counterpart, Mr. S. O. Adeoye, did not serve him with the witness’s summary of statements to be presented in court.

The counsel said he ought to have been served with the summary of statements as required by Section 380 (iii) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Oyo State 2016.

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Justice Bayo Taiwo adjourned further hearing till January 22 upon which the defence team would have been duly served with the summary of statements.

Lamidi is arraigned by the state government on an 18-count criminal charge.

The charges border on armed robbery, murder, attempted murder, and possession of firearms – one AK-47 assault rifle and two SMG rifles with magazines.

The ex-PMS chairman, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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