By our reporter| The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, declined granting bail to embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha.
Baba Ijesha, who has been in police custody since April 22, 2021, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the care of popular comedienne, Adekola Adekanya, was taken to court in a black maria vehicle of the Rapid Response Squad.
Baba Ijesha was last month granted bail by magistrates and judicial workers on tour to decongest prisons in the state during the industrial action by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, but he could not meet the bail conditions which include N500,000 and a level 16 civil servant as surety.
Hence his appearance before the magistrate in Yaba on Wednesday.
One of the counsel for the suspect, Kayode Olabinran, told reporters that said he prayed the court to grant his client bail on health grounds.
The magistrate, he said, declined granting his client bail as the case was already filed at the High Court in Lagos by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the state.
“He (Baba Ijesha) was not granted bail because the case has been filed at the High Court and that has denied the (Magistrate) Court the power to grant him bail,” he said.
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