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Alleged assault on DSS personnel: Court grants bail to three Lagos Assembly workers
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos granted bail on Wednesday to three employees of the Lagos State House of Assembly who are facing charges of assaulting operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) during the leadership crisis at the assembly complex on February 17.
The accused individuals, Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle, and Fatimoh Adetola, received bail after their attorney, Mr. Frank Eke, submitted and argued a motion following their arraignment and subsequent plea of not guilty.
The judge set the bail amount at N3 million for each defendant, stipulating that one surety is required for each.
The sureties must be employees of either the Lagos State or Federal Government, holding a minimum grade level of 12, and all documents submitted must be verified by the court registrar.
The DSS had arraigned the three Assembly staff in case FHC/L/273C/2025 before the court.
The three defendants and others still at large, were alleged to have conspired among themselves to assault officers of the State Security Service while they were performing their official duties, without any reasonable excuse.
They were also alleged to have on February 17, 2025, aided and abetted by obstructing the officers of State Security Service while performing their official duty without any reasonable cause.
The three defendants were further accused of cyberstalking amongst themselves by recording and sending false information to social medial circulating same to the whole country for the purpose of causing a breakdown of law and order amongst the people without any justification.
In particular, the DSS accused them of committing felony, by willful misdirecting electronic massages to social media for the purpose of embarrassing the State Security Service and its officials.
The duo of Ibrahim Olanrewaju, and Adetu Adekunle were accused of using Iphone 12 promax and Techno POP 8 to record false information and sent same to social media for circulation with the intention to cause an embarrassment to State Security Services, in order to cause breakdown of law and order to the public.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, Barrister M. O. Bajela, contravened sections 516 of the Criminal Code Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as well as sections 27(1)(b), 24(1)(b), 24(c)(i), and 11 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 (as amended), 2024. charges bordering on conspiracy
However the three defendants denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to them.
Following their not guilty plea, the prosecutor, Barrister Bajela asked the court for a trial date.
However, the defendants’ lawyer, Mr. Frank Eke, informed the court that he had filed their bail applications and same have been served on the prosecutor.
The lawyer described the prosecution of his clients as “collateral damages”.
He pleaded with the court to admit them to bail in the most liberal terms.
Responding, the prosecutor informed the court he was served with the bail application while in court today. He however, told the court that he leave the bail issues to court’s discretion.
Ruling on the bail application, Justice Osiagor admitted each of the defendants to N3 million with one surety each. The judge also ordered that the surety must be a Grade Level 12 and above.
The judge thereafter adjourned the defendants’ trial to June 24.
Suspected bandits have reportedly attacked the palace of a traditional ruler in Olayinka community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting the monarch, his wife, and one other person in the early hours of Saturday.
According to sources who spoke to newsmen, the armed men stormed the palace around 1:40 a.m., firing sporadically before taking the royal father to an unknown destination.
Yes. At Olayinka at about 1 am. His wife and one other person were also abducted.
The Monarch is one of the recently graded.”
Another source added, “The bandits invaded the palace around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday. They came heavily armed and took the monarch away without resistance because everyone was terrified.”
The abducted monarch was said to have been recently elevated and officially installed by the Kwara State Government earlier this year, a development that has made the incident particularly shocking to residents.
The attack is the third reported case of a traditional ruler being kidnapped in Kwara South within a year. In 2025, two monarchs in the region were abducted by suspected bandits and were only released after ransom payments were made.
Domestic prices of petrol and diesel are expected to decline following a sharp drop in global crude oil prices triggered by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
As of Saturday morning, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude fell by 11 percent and 9 percent to $83.85 and $90.38 per barrel, respectively, down from about $100 per barrel.
The decline comes after Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz has been fully reopened for vessel passage.
The development has begun to reflect in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum market, where depot marketers have slightly reduced fuel prices.
Petrol prices at depots now range between N1,205 and N1,206 per litre— about N5 to N6 higher than the Dangote Refinery price of N1,200 per litre.
This pricing trend was observed among marketers such as Aiteo, Bono, and NIPCO.
Meanwhile, diesel prices at depots in Lagos, including Menj and Duport, stood at N1,775 per liter.
Market observers say the drop in crude oil prices has triggered panic selling among depot marketers.
Despite this, retail pump prices have remained unchanged as of filing this report, with petrol selling between N1,290 and N1,333 per litre, while diesel ranges from N1,850 to N1,900 per litre.
The President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, Abubakar Maigandi, confirmed the development, noting that further reductions are likely if the downward trend in crude prices persists.
“We expect fuel prices to drop in the coming days if crude oil prices continue to decline.
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An Area Court at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between a couple, Toyin Ajibola and Bashirat Mohammed on grounds of lack of money.
The presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, while delivering ruling said that even though Toyin did not want to divorce his wife, she still had the needed to move on not be left stranded.
He, dissolved their marriage and granted custody of the three children from their union to the wife.
The court also ordered the woman to observe the three months iddah (waiting) period before remarrying.
Ajumonbi ordered Toyin to be responsible for the feeding of their children.
“The defendant should have unrestricted access to their children, while the plaintiff should always make their children available any time the defendant requested to see them,” the judge said.
Earlier, Bashirat had applied for divorce saying that she was tired of her marriage to her husband due to paucity of fund and her husband’s irresponsibility.
“I want the court to grant me divorce so that I can have rest of mind,” she said.
The husband, however, told the court that he was still interested in his wife even though he was financially handicapped.
“I have been trying hard to get money to feed my family, but couldn’t.
“It is so painful that I can’t get money to visit her and the children when they left home,” he said.
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