THERE was a mild drama on Monday at the premises of the Ondo State Magistrate Court, as prison officials and men of the state police command clashed over the custody of a factional traditional monarch of Ayetoro community, in Ilaje Local Government Area, Olorunnbe Ojagbohunmi, who was remanded by the court to prison custody. When the case came up for hearing, the counsel to the Police, Mr Olatunji Kazeem said he was not ready with his witnesses and that the accused should be remanded in prison custody. But the Prison officials were prevented from taking custody of the monarch into prison pending the time the monarch meet the bail condition by the police who were present at the court premises. The policemen vowed not to allow the prison officials move out of the court premises with Ojagbohunmi, saying the monarch still has a case with the police, while the prison officials insisted the rules of the court must be followed. The Prison officials positioned themselves strategically in the court to prevent the Policemen from hijacking the suspect, while the police blocked the main road to prevent the prison officials from moving out of the court, preventing magistrates, lawyers, court officials and journalists from leaving the court premises for over an hour.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 21, 2019 17:48 UTC