Yomi Fabiyi protests over Baba Ijesha’s detention PM News
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi and four others protested against the detention of Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly called Baba Ijesha, who was accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl.
Fabiyi marched from the Casino bus stop to Panti Police Station on Wednesday.
He described the continuous detention of Baba Ijesha as “illegal”.
The protesters are demanding that Baba Ijesha should be released from detention pending when a court would hear his case.
They were seen carrying placards and banners with different inscriptions such as ‘denial of bail of bail of bailable offence is human rights violation’, ‘Nigeria police, please allow the law to dictate to you, not Iyabo Ojo, Princess and co’, ‘release Baba Ijesha’, and ‘Nigeria police must respect human rights and honour bail for bailable offence’.