Former
embattled Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers
(NURTW) in Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Mukaila (a.k.a Auxiliary) and four
other accused persons were yesterday convicted and sentenced to six
years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan.
The
ex-union leader, as well as his lieutenants, including Saheed Kareem,
Abu Kareem, Kazeem Kayode and Taiwo Tijani, were tried for the mayhem in
March, 2014 at the Iwo Road interchange, Ibadan which claimed many
lives including that of Adekunle Oladipupo, a medical student of a
Northern University.
After
their conviction was pronounced by Justice Eni Esan of the Ring Road
High Court, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, counsel to the accused persons, said his
clients would appeal the judgment. He averted that since the court had
acquitted and discharged his clients of murder and attempted murder, the
conspiracy for which they were convicted did not exist.
While
delivering judgment on the case, Justice Eni Esan said the accused
persons were charged with a three-count charge of conspiracy, murder and
attempted murder and that the first prosecution witness, Akeem Agbaje,
in his evidence, told the court he was beside Adekunle Adedipupo on the
said day when the accused persons with others at large stormed the motor
park in a Peugeot 604 belonging to Alhaji Mukaila and two other Micra
cars, shooting sporadically.
The
witness in his evidence- in-chief went further that it was during the
shooting that a bullet the deceased who died immediately and that he
too, sustained serious injuries.https://newtelegraphonline.com/ex-oyo-nurtw-boss-auxiliary-four-others-bag-6-years-jail-conspiracy-murder/
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