Palpable tension enveloped an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday when a suspect, Ayoko Oluwatobi, attempted to commit suicide.<\/p>\n
Oluwatobi, 25, is standing trial before Justice Hakeem Oshodi, whose courtroom is situated on the second floor of a two-storey building and directly opposite the second gate of the court complex.<\/p>\n
The defendant is facing a six-count charge bordering on causing grievous bodily harm, damage to property and membership of an unlawful society.<\/p>\n
After his counsel moved his bail application, praying the court to admit him to bail on a liberal term, the prosecution objected to it, saying that the defendant was a flight risk.<\/p>\n
After listening to both lawyers, Oshodi adjourned the case until April 9 for a ruling on the bail application.<\/p>\n
Dissatisfied with the adjournment, the defendant started tapping prosecution team members, saying they were his friends and should release him.<\/p>\n
When he was being taken out of the courtroom, the defendant started headbutting the wall,\u00a0 shouting: \u201cI want to die, I can\u2019t wait till April.\u201d<\/p>\n
He climbed the window of the courtroom in an attempt to jump down from the two-storey building.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that it took the intervention of policemen attached to the court and a correctional service officer to stop the defendant as they\u00a0were able to hold one of his legs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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