JUST IN: Yoruba Nation Agitator Charged With Jumoke Oyeleke’s Murder Released

A Yoruba Nation agitator arrested and charged with the murder of a sachet water seller, Jumoke Oyeleke, has regained freedom.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Yoruba Nation agitator, Tajudeen Bakare popularly known as Oba Ogboni, who was arrested and charged with the murder of a sachet water seller, Jumoke Oyeleke, has been released.

This is coming after the Lagos State Government dropped a murder case against the Yoruba Nation agitator.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Oba Ogboni was one of the 47 Yoruba Nation protesters arrested by the police during a rally in Ojota on July 1, 2021, while the sachet water seller reportedly died from a stray bullet during the Yoruba self-determination protest held on July 3 in Ojota, Lagos.

The agitators were later charged before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu.

However, the Communications Manager, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Maxwell Adeleye, in a statement on Wednesday said Oba Ogboni has regained freedom.

Adeleye said, “Lagos State Government withdraw murder charges against detained Yoruba Nation Protester, Tajudeen Bakare (Oba Ogboni). He has been released from custody.

“The magistrate court could not hear the case and it was referred the High Court. The Court refers Bakare’s case to the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) for further advice and because there was no evidence, the case was withdrawn by the state government.

“He was also released because of the bail already granted to the 48 protesters by Magistrate Court,” the brief statement read.

The arrested Yoruba Nation agitators

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ifeoluwa, the mother of Jumoke Oyeleke had earlier claimed that police killed her daughter and demanded justice, adding that the police threatened to shoot her when she demanded her daughter’s corpse.

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