A High Court in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State has issued arrest warrant
\nagainst the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Jide
\nAwe, and three other, namely Faboro John Ojo, Aniramu Basiru and
\nFalayi Busuyi have been declared wanted for their alleged involvement
\nin the murder of two persons; Mr Ayo Jeje and Mrs Juliana Adewumi. in
\nErinjiyan-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on March 30, 2013.<\/p>\n
The APC chairman and five others are facing trial in Charge No: HIJ\/1c\/2015.<\/p>\n
Justice E. B. Omotoso of the Ijero-Ekiti High Court, who granted the
\norder on July 25, 2016, said the Jide Awe and the three other accused
\npersons must be brought to court by the police on October 5, 2015.<\/p>\n
The warrant of arrest dated July 27, 2016, was issued based on the
\nprayer of Counsel to the Ekiti State Government, Yakubu Dauda, who
\nasked the court to invoke Section 94 of the Ekiti State Administration
\nof Criminal Justice Law of Ekiti State to compel the appearances of
\nthe accused person before the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsequently, I hereby invoke the provisions of Section 94 of the
\nEkiti State Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Ekiti State by
\nordering that Bench Warrants be issued against the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and
\n4th defendants to compel their appearances before this court at the
\nnext day of adjournment and subsequently to stand for their trial.
\n\u2026Consequently, this matter is hereby adjourned till 5th of October,
\n2016 for hearing,\u201d the judge ruled.<\/p>\n
The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseni
\nAjayi said \u201cthe court order will be served on the police with
\nimmediate effect, hoping that it will be complied with strictly.\u201d<\/p>\n
It should be recalled that the Ekiti State Attorney-General and
\nCommissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseni Ajayi, in a letter to the IGP
\ndated July 8, 2016 and copied to the Attorney General of the
\nFederation, National Human Rights Commission and the Ekiti State
\nCommissioner of Police had decried the refusal of the police to arrest
\nthe accused persons despite several requests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ekiti State has requested the Nigeria Police, Ekiti State Command
\nto effect the arrests of these culprits but instead of effecting the
\narrests, the Police has refused and\/or neglected to effect the arrests
\non the ground that such arrests should not be made except with the
\napproval of the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja,\u201d the Attorney
\nGeneral said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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