Sisters take marijuana to brother in cell

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Two sisters, Shade Oyetobi, 24, and Atinuke Adebanwo, 32, were yesterday apprehended by the prison officials for allegedly attempting to smuggle 11 wraps of Indian hemp to their brother.

Their brother, Babatunde Oyetobi, was in the inmates’ cell at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.

It was gathered that a prison official caught them just as they were about to hand the wraps to Babatunde. Shade, who lives at Baale Street, Ijora-Badia, said she was a hair-dresser, adding that her brother’s friend, Jamiu, told her to give Babatunde marijuana.
She said: “I knew that my brother’s case would come up in court today that was why I brought the Indian hemp to him.” Atinuke, who said she was a mother of three, explained that she was the eldest of the siblings.
She said: “I normally come to court to meet Babatunde, whenever his case comes up for trial. The truth is that I didn’t know that Shade had an ulterior motive. She went to give Indian hemp to Babatunde in cell.”
The prison officer, A. R. Muhammad, who caught the suspects, said that the sisters approached him, saying that they wanted to see their brother. According to him, when he asked them what was inside the bag Shade held, she replied that it contained slippers. He said: “She brought out the slippers on our insistence of the total disclosure; we discovered 11 wraps of Indian hemp.”
It was also learnt that Babatunde is facing trial for attempted robbery and assaults. Shade and Atinuke were later taken to Area F Police Command, Ikeja, for further investigation. http://newtelegraphonline.com/sisters-take-marijuana-to-brother-in-cell/