{"id":155874,"date":"2025-03-20T21:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ibadan-stampede-court-strikes-out-charges-against-ex-oonis-wife-oriyomi-hamzat"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:24:34","slug":"ibadan-stampede-court-strikes-out-charges-against-ex-oonis-wife-oriyomi-hamzat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ibadan-stampede-court-strikes-out-charges-against-ex-oonis-wife-oriyomi-hamzat","title":{"rendered":"Ibadan Stampede: Court strikes out charges against ex-Ooni\u2019s wife, Oriyomi Hamzat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has struck out murder charges against Ooni of Ife\u2019s ex-wife, Queen Naomi Silekunola; the owner of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat; and principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi.<\/p>\n<p>The trio have been facing murder charges following the December 2024 children\u2019s event stampede that led to the death of 35 children.<\/p>\n<p>Justice B. K. Olawoyin delivering judgement on Thursday, ruled that holding the defendants liable could discourage the public from engaging in humanitarian activities.<\/p>\n<p>The court dismissed the four count charge, which included acceleration of death, conspiracy, negligent acts causing harm and failure to provide adequate medical facilities and security.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the court judge in an interview, the state Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General, judgment, Biodun Aikomo, said \u201cIt is in the interest of justice to discontinue these case. So we withdrew the charge and it was struck out by the court. There is no case against them again, they are now free\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has struck out murder charges against Ooni of Ife\u2019s ex-wife, Queen Naomi Silekunola; the owner of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat; and principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi. 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