ONYEMENAM JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellantbrought an appeal against the ruling of Hon. Justice H.O. Ajayi of the High Court of Kwara State, sitting in Ilorin, delivered on 21 October 2014, wherein his application for bail was refused.
The appellant, a final year student of University of Ilorin on 25 June 2014 at the department of Linguistics was arrested while writing his final examination. The allegations against him are that of culpable homicide, conspiracy and being a member of the secret cult. The capsule fact is that the appellant had been on the wanted list of the security operatives for the murder of one Michael Olufela Adegboye since December 2012. That his cohorts are presently standing trial at the High Court of Kwara State, before Hon. Justice M.O. Adewara. By a First Information Report dated 2 July 2014, the Kwara State Director of Public Prosecution filed an information before the Magistrates’ Court on 3 July 2014. The bail of the appellant was refused b…