Adeyanju denies interesting Bobrisky’s conviction

Adeyanju in an interview with ThePunch mentioned he’s not an legal professional to the controversial cross-dresser, including that he didn’t file any enchantment on behalf of the movie star.

“I didn’t file any enchantment on Bobrisky’s behalf. I’m not representing Bobrisky on any matter,” the lawyer mentioned.

Recall that Okuneye was lately charged by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) on 4 counts bordering on naira abuse.

The movie star pleaded responsible earlier than Justice A.O. Awogboro of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Lagos, and was subsequently sentenced to six months imprisonment with out an possibility of wonderful on April 12, 2024.

Nevertheless, in a press release by his legislation agency, the Abuja-based lawyer faulted the six-month imprisonment sentence handed to Bobrisky saying the movie star shouldn’t have been despatched to jail having promised to make use of his platform to marketing campaign in opposition to naira abuse.

The assertion signed by Deji Adeyanju & Companions learn partially, “We word with concern, the six-month sentence handed all the way down to Mr. Okuneye Idris Olarewaju (AKA Bobrisky), with out an possibility of wonderful, for Naira mutilation offence, as reported by varied Nationwide information platforms.

“Whereas we don’t condone any try to interrupt down the legislation or precise violation of the legislation, we’re, nevertheless, constrained to state on document that at a time when personal people, non-governmental organisations, states, and federal governments are taking steps to decongest our prisons, Mr. Olarewaju, a first-time offender, has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment, however his allocutus and promise to make use of his platform to sensitise the general public in opposition to Naira mutilation.”

In the meantime, Bobrisky has filed a discover of enchantment difficult the six-month most sentence given to him by a Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos.

Counsel for the movie star, Bimbo Kusanu, filed a notice of appeal, praying the Courtroom of Attraction to put aside the utmost sentence.

Kusanu is asking the courtroom to exchange the sentence with an possibility of ₦50,000 wonderful on every of the counts.

The counsel acknowledged within the discover of enchantment that the trial courtroom imposed the utmost sentence on the appellant, who had no earlier prison document of conviction.

He acknowledged that there have been choices to impose a lesser sentence by the provisions of the Administration of Legal Justice Act (ACJA).

He averred that the sentence imposed by the trial courtroom in opposition to the appellant was punitive and opposite to the obligatory provisions of the ACJA.

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