A trader in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, Taiwo Abdulrasheed Kayode, who was attacked alongside his family members, robbed and macheted by two suspected armed robbers is yet to get justice, seven years after his ugly experience.
Two suspected armed robbers identified as Adebayo Oluwaseyi Solomon and one Tunde had ambushed Kayode on August 6, 2016, attacked him and robbed him of some cash and other valuables.
Kayode, who lived behind Onward Hospital, Deeper Life Area, Agunbelewo, Osogbo, had explained that he returned from his shop at about 8:30pm on that fateful night and discovered that the two suspects had laid ambush on him while armed with gun and cutlass.
He had explained that they inflicted machete cuts on him, robbed him of the sum of N95, 000, his phones including one Samsung Galaxy and Huawei mobile phones and also drove away his Toyota Corolla Venza car with registration number LND 350 DL.
The victim had narrated how he was hospitalized immediately after his attack and sought for justice.
After Solomon was arrested, he was said to have informed the police that he committed the act with one Tunde and that one Oyebode Matthew, a civil servant as at the time of the act with the Osun State Ministry of Education gave him the information that Kayode had some money and that they should rob him.
Tunde allegedly escaped arrest and has not been apprehended ever since.
Meanwhile, the State Ministry of Justice had dragged Solomon, a driver and former Coordinator of De Rauf political group in Ilesa and Oyebode Matthew, before a High Court sitting in Ile-Ife on charges bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder and assault occasioning harm.
Senior State Counsels, Oyedele Akintayo and Adedamola Fasote who represented the Attorney-General of Osun State in court had accused the duo and others at large of committing offences contrary to Section 1(1) and (2), (2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and Sections 320, 355 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume 2, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
However, seven years and still counting, the case is yet to be dispensed with owing to several adjournments.
The Point gathered that the defendants have been lobbying some current top government officials in the state to frustrate the matter and make the accused persons go scot-free.
The prosecution has closed its case and is waiting for the defence to open theirs. The matter has been slated to come up on April 16.
