Murder case: Families of accused lawyer, deceased clash in court

FAMILIES of a woman lawyer, Mrs Yewande Oyediran,
who was accused of killing her husband, late Oyelowo
Oyediran and that of the deceased, yesterday, clashed
within the premises of an Ibadan Magistrate Court after
the arraignment of the accused in an Iyaganku Magistrate
Court.
Mrs Oyediran allegedly stabbed her husband to death
after a domestic fight on February 2, 2016.
This came as warders smuggled the accused out of the
court premises in a blue Primera car other than the
prison van they used to bring her and other accused
persons to court.
After waiting fruitlessly for journalists to leave the court
premises so she could board the prison van, the warders
had to push other accused persons into the waiting van
and sped off.
However, Saturday Vanguard gathered another exit was
prepared Mrs Oyediran, who was taken out of the court in
a private car.
This, they did to act according to the dictates of the
family of the accused who insisted that her photograph
must not be taken.
On arrival at the court, a woman dressed in black and
purple blouse was the first to charge at the journalists,
then followed by other relations of the accused.
The drama got to climax as a man, who is sympathetic to
the accused person passed an uncomplimentary remark
at a bereaved woman, who was crying all along. This
infuriated the family members of the deceased who were
trying to conceal their bottled anger.
The atmosphere soon became chaotic as other
sympathisers were making frantic efforts to prevent a
serious confrontation.
Even though, the gun totting warders had driven
journalists away to a far distance, one of them with a
name tag, Aborode armed with gun still came and
harassed photo-journalists who were trying to capture
the moment the accused person would board the prison
van.
While in court, her counsel, Abimbola Oluwaseun, who
led a retinue of lawyers to the court, said in his oral
application, that his client should not be remanded in
prison custody having gone through so much trauma.
But his plea did not make any impact on the Chief
Magistrate, K.Y Durosaro-Tijani who said, “it is beyond
me. I have no jurisdiction to do so.”
The magistrate then ordered her to be remanded in Agodi
Prisons, Ibadan.
Speaking after the court session, a relation of the
deceased, Mr. Mudasiru Oyewumi said “all we are asking
for is justice.”
When asked if he knew of any serious issue between the
couple, he said there was nothing except the normal
husband-wife relationship.
“Unfortunately, by now she would have regrets. No
reasonable woman can lift a knife against her husband”.
A lawyer, Mr. Sina Olaniyan said it was quite unfortunate
that we have found ourselves in this ugly situation. What
could have prompted her, I can’t say. It is going to be a
test for the judiciary because people are watching”.
Another lawyer, Mr Adeleke Bakare described the
accused woman as a gentle, amiable person.
“She is somebody who fights against crime as a state
counsel. At times, she takes prosecution personal to
show how committed she is to her profession. I’m
surprised at what has happened to her now. Somebody
who fights against crime is now involved in a crime that
has highest punishment.”