Lagos — The bail application filed by a housemaid, Funmilayo Adeyemi who allegedly kidnapped five children from two families was yesterday dismissed by a Lagos state High Court, sitting at Igbosere. She was therefore returned to Kirikiri prisons. Justice Raliat Adebiyi dismissed the application based on the fact that the defendant was unable to provide any evidence before the court to prove her alleged health challenges coupled with the fact that there was a likelihood she could interfere with her trial if she was released on bail. 
Funmilayo Adeyemi alleged kidnaper of three Orekoya’s kids Adeyemi, 35, who hails from Osun State, was arraigned on May 4, on a seven-count charge of kidnapping preferred against her by Lagos State. The police had alleged that on April 8, last year, the defendant connived with others who are still at large to kidnap three children of the Orekoya family, identified as Demola, 6, Adedamola, 4, and 11 months’ old Aderomola. The children, who were abducted by Adeyemi from their parents’ home in Surulere, were reunited with their parents after N2.5 million ransom was paid. She however denied the charge preferred against her and urged the court to grant her bail in the same terms as she was granted by Magistrate Mr. W. B. Balogun of an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court where she was first arraigned on September 15. In her ruling yesterday, Justice Adebiyi upheld the prosecution’s argument that the grant of bail on health grounds was a special circumstance which required proof. The judge observed that although the defendant had been in custody since April 15 last year, she “tendered no evidence of her health challenge.”
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Funmilayo Adeyemi alleged kidnaper of three Orekoya’s kids Adeyemi, 35, who hails from Osun State, was arraigned on May 4, on a seven-count charge of kidnapping preferred against her by Lagos State. The police had alleged that on April 8, last year, the defendant connived with others who are still at large to kidnap three children of the Orekoya family, identified as Demola, 6, Adedamola, 4, and 11 months’ old Aderomola. The children, who were abducted by Adeyemi from their parents’ home in Surulere, were reunited with their parents after N2.5 million ransom was paid. She however denied the charge preferred against her and urged the court to grant her bail in the same terms as she was granted by Magistrate Mr. W. B. Balogun of an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court where she was first arraigned on September 15. In her ruling yesterday, Justice Adebiyi upheld the prosecution’s argument that the grant of bail on health grounds was a special circumstance which required proof. The judge observed that although the defendant had been in custody since April 15 last year, she “tendered no evidence of her health challenge.”Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/orekoya-kids-court-returns-housemaid-prisons/
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