Magistrate throws woman into KIRIKIRI prisons,for bashing another woman's car!.

A magistrate in Lagos has allegedly used her power
to intimidate a young woman by having her thrown
into prison for brushing her car.

              Mrs. Yetunde Osijo
A mother of three, Mrs. Yetunde Osijo, has narrated
how a minor traffic incident between her and a
magistrate, Funke Sule-Hamzat resulted in her arrest
even when she was not the person at fault.

According to Vanguard, a minor traffic incident that
occurred at Oworonsoki area of Lagos, led to Osijo’s
arraignment and subsequent detention in Kirikiri
prison.

It was gathered that the Magistrate who used the
power of her office, had pursued Osijo after their cars
brushed until she caught up with her and forced the
police to have her arrested without even wanting to
hear anything from her.

According to Osijo’s husband, Dipo, Sule-Hamzat’s
driver, who is a magistrate at the Ogudu Magistrate
Court, allegedly bumped into Osijo’s car, but the
furious magistrate ordered that Osijo be arrested and
taken to her court, and later remanded in Kirikiri
Prison without giving her the opportunity to get a
lawyer.

Dipo said: “From information I gathered from
eyewitnesses, it was the magistrate’s driver that was
wrong at the time of the minor accident. “Yetunde, who
bumped into the magistrate’s car assumed she would
be asked to leave only to realise that Sule-Hamzat’s car
was chasing her from behind.”

However, the woman has been released after the
family was able to perfect the bail conditions. She
was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 and a
surety.

Speaking on the matter, the Chief Registrar of Lagos
State High Court, Mr. Emmanuel Ogundare, said the
entire story as told by Mr Osijo was far from the
truth.

He said: “How can a magistrate in Lagos, involved in an
accident, order the arrest of the other party and arraign
her in own court?

“This a judicial officer, who knows the implication of
such actions.

It was unfortunate that contrary to the
report, the case was brought before Magistrate A. Elias,
who sits in Ogba Chief Magistrate’s Court, that has the
jurisdiction to handle the case from the area the
accident happened.

“Can we say because she is a judicial officer, she is not
entitled to complain to the police or be heard when her
rights is trampled upon?

“The lady in question was arrested in Surulere, from
Ogba where the incident occurred and taken to the
police station, where her statement was taken.

“She was subsequently arraigned and granted bail in the
sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum, which is
the least bail condition for such offence.”