A Seventy-year-old woman, Madam Florence Oguntade, has been remanded in prison after she went to the police to stand surety for a suspected criminal, who has now run away after being granted bail.
Daily Family gathered that the septuagenarian was charged before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for attempting to pervert justice and was remanded in prison. She was said to have stood surety for one Tayo Oluseni at Shasha Police Station.
The suspect was released to her pending when he would be needed again at the station. But immediately Oluseni was released, he disconnected all his phones and fled. When the police later asked Oguntade to produce Oluseni, she told the police he could not be found.
The presiding magistrate, Mr. Akeem Fashola, granted her bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum. The matter was further adjourned till April 25, 2017.