Palpable tension enveloped an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday when a suspect, Ayoko Oluwatobi, attempted to commit suicide.
Oluwatobi, 25, is standing
trial before Justice Hakeem Oshodi, whose courtroom is situated on the second
floor of a two-storey building and directly opposite the second gate of the court
complex.
The defendant is facing a
six-count charge bordering on causing grievous bodily harm, damage to property
and membership of an unlawful society.
After his counsel moved his
bail application, praying the court to admit him to bail on a liberal term,
prosecution objected to it, saying that the defendant was a flight risk.
After listening to both
lawyers, Oshodi adjourned the case until April 9 for ruling on the bail
application.
Apparently dissatisfied with
the adjournment, the defendant started tapping prosecution team members, saying
they were his friends and should release him.
When he was being taking out of
the courtroom, the defendant started headbutting the wall, shouting: “I want to
die, I can’t wait till April.”
He climbed the window of the
courtroom in an attempt to jump down from the two-storey building.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)
reports that it took the intervention of policemen attached to the court and a
correctional service officer to stop the defendant as they were able to hold
one of his legs. (NAN)
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