Omolara Ogundiran, a sister and witness of one of those arrested over the bloody robbery incident in Offa, Kwara state, has been arrested by the police in court.
The graduate of Ire Polytechnic, who is the younger sister of the fifth defendant, Niyi Ogundiran, was taken away around 3:40 pm by operatives of the state police command immediately after the trial that started at 9:00 am.
At the resumed trial of Ayoade Akinnibosun, Azeez Salahudeen, Niyi Ogundiran, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham on Friday, February 2, over the robbery incident in 2018, Omolara Ogundiran was called in as a witness by the defence counsel, Mathias Emeribe, who tendered a receipt which she said was issued by a spare parts seller in Osogbo, Osun state to her brother.
Testifying in court, she said; “I went to Osogbo to collect a receipt for some motor spare parts of the vehicle bought by Niyi on the day of the robbery. When I got to Mallam Ali’s shop (motor spare parts seller), I met him attending to a customer and he said I should sit down and pray for one not to be unfortunate in any situation.
“So he opened the receipt and saw the duplicate before he issued another one to me and I left. I saw Mallam Ali inside the court premises today and he greeted me. But I can’t see him inside the court now”.
During cross-examination, she said;
“I am a religious Christian and attended primary school in Ise Ekiti. I also went to secondary school in Oro but don’t remember the name before I proceeded to Ire Poly for my OND.
“I can’t remember the day or month, but it was last year 2023 that I went to Osogbo for the receipt. Mallam Ali wrote the receipt in my presence before he gave it to me and wrote the date that my brother came to buy the items (backdated it to April 5, 2018).