Magistrate accused of detaining woman for bashing car

A Lagos magistrate, Mrs. Funke Sule-Amzat, has been accused of abuse of power for allegedly sending a mother of three, Yetunde  Osijo, to the Kirikiri Prison.

But the Lagos State Government defended the magistrate, saying Osijo drove in a reckless manner and caused a breach of the peace.

It was gathered that Osijo’s car had scratched the magistrate’s Toyota Corrolla on Monday at the Ogudu end of the Oworonshoki Expressway.

The magistrate was alleged to have chased her to the Third Mainland Bridge area, where she ordered her arrest and subsequent arraignment.

Osijo, who had no legal representation, was said to have been remanded in the Kirikiri Prison after she could not meet her bail condition of N100,000, with one surety in like sum.

An Instagram user, @steel_member, who gave a blow-by-blow account of Osijo’s ordeal, said Osijo was taking her child to the hospital when the incident happened.

In the first post on Monday, he said, “Magistrate Sule-Amzat has just ordered that Yetunde Osijo be locked up in the Kirikiri Prison for scratching her car earlier today.

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