Alleged Rape: Baba Ijesha granted bail on health grounds- Lawyer
Baba Ijesha was granted bail by Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghre around 5 p.m. on Monday.
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Embattled Yoruba actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha who is enmeshed in a rape allegation has been granted bail on health grounds.
His lawyer, Adesina Ogunlana, revealed this on Monday evening via a live broadcast on his Facebook page.
He said Baba Ijesha was granted bail by Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghre around 5 p.m. on Monday but his team is yet to perfect the bail conditions.
Mr Ogunlana, a former chair of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch, had raised an alarm on Baba Ijesha’s deteriorating health in a letter addressed to the Lagos Commissioner of Police seeking the actor’s bail on Friday.
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Courts premises remain shut down at all the Court premises visited in Lagos this morning by Daily Trust correspondent.
Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of JUSUN, Mr Kehinde Shobowale Rahamon, said that “Order 10 which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari was to put that section of the constitution in motion, but implementation has not been done, hence, the Judiciary still go “cap in hand” to the executive for funds to run the courts and that has led to the Judiciary being in bondage.
“If you look at the Constitution very well, we are public officers, not civil servants. So, the Constitution takes very good care of us but the executive won’t want the Judiciary to go just like the Israelites.