Court acquits 3 OPC members detained over Igangan crisis

Three members of the Oodua’s People’s Congress, OPC, who were detained for their alleged involvement in arson and violence at Igangan, in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been  ordered to be released by an Iyaganku Magistrate’s court.

Messrs Awodele Adedigba, Dauda Kazeem and Hassan Ramon were detained in March 2021, after they arrested a suspected kidnapper, Iskilu Wakili.

They were said to have earlier been taken to Abuja, by an impeccable source.

The three detainees appeared before the Magistrate’s court, which was presided over by A.O. Amzat.

They were discharged and acquitted after the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, failed to prove to the court that the OPC men were guilty as charged.

Counsel for the defendants, Akwarandu Adetoun, said the magistrate struck out the case and ordered the release of the accused.