Drama as suspect makes an attempt suicide in Lagos court docket

Drama as suspect attempts suicide in Lagos court

A suspect standing path at an Ikeja Excessive Courtroom brought about rigidity on Tuesday, Jan. 23, when he tried suicide whereas leaving the courtroom.

Ayoko Oluwatobi, 25, is dealing with a six-count cost bordering on inflicting grievous bodily hurt, injury to property and membership of an illegal society.

After his counsel moved his bail software, praying the court docket to confess him to bail on a liberal time period, the prosecution group objected to it, saying that the defendant was a flight danger.

After listening to each legal professionals, Justice Hakeem Oshodi adjourned the case till April 9 for ruling on the bail software.

Nevertheless, the defendant left the dock, went behind the witnesses and began tapping the prosecution group members on the again, saying they had been his associates and may launch him.

Whereas he was being led out of the courtroom, the defendant began headbutting the wall, shouting: “I need to die, I can’t wait until April.”

He then climbed the window of the courtroom in an try to leap down from the two-storey constructing.

It took the intervention of policemen hooked up to the court docket and a correctional service officer to cease the defendant by holding onto considered one of his legs.