JUST IN: Court grants Baba Ijesha bail
Nigeria, June 24 -- A court has granted bail to a popular Nigerian actor accused of sexually assaulting a teenager.
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja granted Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly called Baba Ijesha, bail on Thursday afternoon.
The actor was arraigned before the Special Offences Court in Lagos on charges of sexual assault, indecent treatment of a child, and sexual assault by penetration.
Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the judge, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N2 million.
Mrs Taiwo said bail is a constitutional right and not a discretionary right.
She said granting him bail is to release him from the custody of the law and entrust him to appear for trial when required to.
"The freedom is temporary in the sense that it lasts o...
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