A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, February 28, subpoenaed an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Deputy Superintendent of the Correction (DSC) J.O. Oyaleke over his failure to produce a defendant in court.
The defendant, Otuyalo Oluwadamilola, is being prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC and remanded by the court for his involvement in cybercrimes to the tune of £45,000 (Forty-Five Thousand Pounds Sterling).
Oyaleke, was served with the “summon” on February 25, 2022 to come and testify about the whereabouts of the defendant.
The officer who is attached to Justice Uche Agomoh’s court and charged with the responsibility of producing any defendant remanded by same court failed to produce the defendant on the 2nd of December, 2021 which had been slated for commencement of trial.
When asked by the court about the whereabouts of the defendant, Oyaleke told the court that the defendant was amongst the 401 inmates who fled Abolongo Correctional facility on October 22, 2021 during an attack by some bandits.
Oyaleke further told the court that the Oyo State office of the Nigerian Correctional Service is working with relevant agencies to ensure the re-arrest of the fleeing defendant.
The defendant was arraigned sometime last year on five charges for internet fraud and he pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against him by the EFCC.
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