A magistrate on Monday granted N500,000 bail to detained
Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, Baba Ijesha
for alleged sexual molestation of a minor.
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This was done as Lagos State Judiciary in collaboration with the
Lagos State Ministry of Justice, the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria
(Lagos State), the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos State and
Police Duty Solicitors (PDSS) began a weeklong intervention to
decongest Police Stations in Lagos State.
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The intervention which empowers Magistrates to visit Police
Detention Facilities as prescribed under Sections 33 and 34 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 was carried out at the
State CID Panti today the 17th of May 2021.
3 Lagos State Magistrates attended to over 150 suspects in
detention under the supervision of the Deputy Registrars Legal and
Special Duties.
The Magistrates treated both felonies and misdemeanor cases and
granted bail to suspects whose offences were bailable.
Of the notable cases treated was the case of Baba Ijesha who was
granted bail on stringent conditions and on the grounds that he
need medical attention.
The Magistrates spent over 9 hours at the State CID PANTI
sifting through over 200 detainees in Police custody.
The Vice Chairmen of NBA Ikeja and Lagos Branches and were on
ground leading it’s members to provide support to the magistrates.
The Consultant, British Council RoLac programme, Bayo Akinlade,
also provided his support. The Lagos State Coordinator of the Legal
Aid Council of Nigeria and lawyers of the office of the public
defender also provided support.
The synergy between the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice and NBA
couldn’t be better as the cooperation led to much desired impact in
decongesting the police stations and promoting human rights and
dignity.
The co-operation of the Nigeria Police is also to be commended
in this regard.
The Judiciary exercise of decongesting the police stations will
continue throughout this week as well as the visits by Police Duty
Solicitors under the PDSS Initiative.
A magistrate on Monday granted N500,000 bail to detained
Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, Baba Ijesha
for alleged sexual molestation of a minor.
This was done as Lagos State Judiciary in collaboration with the
Lagos State Ministry of Justice, the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria
(Lagos State), the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos State and
Police Duty Solicitors (PDSS) began a weeklong intervention to
decongest Police Stations in Lagos State.
The intervention which empowers Magistrates to visit Police
Detention Facilities as prescribed under Sections 33 and 34 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 was carried out at the
State CID Panti today the 17th of May 2021.
3 Lagos State Magistrates attended to over 150 suspects in
detention under the supervision of the Deputy Registrars Legal and
Special Duties.
The Magistrates treated both felonies and misdemeanor cases and
granted bail to suspects whose offences were bailable.
Of the notable cases treated was the case of Baba Ijesha who was
granted bail on stringent conditions and on the grounds that he
need medical attention.
The Magistrates spent over 9 hours at the State CID PANTI
sifting through over 200 detainees in Police custody.
The Vice Chairmen of NBA Ikeja and Lagos Branches and were on
ground leading it’s members to provide support to the magistrates.
The Consultant, British Council RoLac programme, Bayo Akinlade,
also provided his support. The Lagos State Coordinator of the Legal
Aid Council of Nigeria and lawyers of the office of the public
defender also provided support.
The synergy between the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice and NBA
couldn’t be better as the cooperation led to much desired impact in
decongesting the police stations and promoting human rights and
dignity.
The co-operation of the Nigeria Police is also to be commended
in this regard.
The Judiciary exercise of decongesting the police stations will
continue throughout this week as well as the visits by Police Duty
Solicitors under the PDSS Initiative.