Pop singer, Davido’s
crew members who was accused of causing havoc at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport yesterday might be spending the weekends in prison as his
bail conditions were not perfected until the close of work on Friday.
The police arraigned 22-year-old Umarudeen Kayode on a 5
count charge at the Ikeja Magistrate court, before Mrs. E. Kubanje.
He was granted bail conditions to the tune of N50, 000 and
two sureties in like sum. The sureties must have variable addresses within the
jurisdiction of the court.
However, as at 4 pm on Friday when SaharaReporters
was in the premises of the magistrate court, the bail conditions had not been
perfected. The magistrate had also left the court as Mr. Umarudeen’s
relatives were trying to perfect the bail conditions.
Mr. Umarudeen was charged for assault, breach of public
peace and for resisting arrest. The first charge accused him of
obstructing and resisting a public officer, an offence contrary to section
117(1) and punishable under the same section of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State.
“That you, Umarudeen Kayode ‘M’, on the same date, time and
place, in the aforementioned magisterial district did unlawfully assault a
public officer causing him harm and thereby committed an offence punishable
under section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011” reads count 2.
Count three says; “That you, Umarudeen Kayode ‘M’ on the
same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district did
unlawfully assault a public officer with the intent to resist and prevent your
lawful arrest and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 172 (a) and
punishable under 172(f) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011”.
Mr. Umarudeen was arrested yesterday by airport security
officials and handed over to the Nigerian police for investigation and
prosecution.
Crisis broke out when a Checkpoint staff at the airport
attempted to verify some of the checked luggage with the attached tags, but,
rather than allow the staff to carry out his official duty, Davido’s aide
(Kayode) insisted that he would not allow him to verify the luggage, which
after much arguments and insistence, led to fisticuffs.
Kayode punched the Checkpoint staff on the face, which
attracted other security officials at the terminal who immediately attempted to
arrest the aide. Rather than obey, he resisted arrest and pummeled another
airport security staff attached to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria at
the baggage claim area, an Assistant Customs Comptroller was also injured.
Throughout the crisis, Davido hid in a car within the
premises of the airport hoping to sprint Kayode away from the airport with the
help of officials he'd mobilized with cash.
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