300 level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Adora Ojukwu, on Monday was provided with a special transportation from the court by the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Miss Ojukwu is a prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga.
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A prison official put Miss Ojukwu, without handcuffs, in the front seat of a blue Toyota Camry and whisked her away from the Yaba Magistrates’ Court minutes after her remand by Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo, The Nation reports.
The car, with Lagos plate number EPE 671 BD, had tinted black glasses.
Miss Ojukwu looked straight ahead as the car, with front windows wound down, sped out of the courthouse parking lot.
They left behind a green prison bus, which was used to convey other prisoners.
Prisons PRO Rotimi Oladokun told The Nation that there was a good reason for the treatment Miss Ojukwu got.
He explained that the Correctional Service often makes special transportation arrangements for defendants in high profile cases, as a security measure.
“It’s not the usual practice. It was a security diversion. It is a high profile case, so it was part of our security diversion. It was just to create a diversion.”
The court adjourned till September 6, for review of remand and Directorate of Public Prosecution’s Advice (DPP)’s advice.
Chief Magistrate Adedayo on Monday remanded Ojukwu and her co-defendant Adedapo Quadri for 30 days following an application by the police counsel Cyril Ejiofor.
The defendants were accused to have conspired to kill Ataga and stole his laptop, phones and cash valued at N3.8 million.
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