Stampede: Court grants N10m bail each to Naomi Silekunola, Hamzat

The Oyo state high court has granted bail to Naomi Silekunola, ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife; and Oriyomi Hamzat, CEO of Agidigbo FM.

The duo, alongside the principal of the Islamic High School, were each granted bail in the sum of N10 million and two sureties in like sum.

Ibadan Stampede: Court fixes date for bail of Ooni of Ife’s ex-Queen, Naomi, Oriyomi Hazmat

The trio are standing trial for their alleged roles in a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan in December, which claimed the lives of over 30 people, most of them children.

The defendants were remanded at Agodi correctional centre on December 24 after being charged with four counts bordering on conspiracy, negligence causing harm, and failing to provide adequate security and medical facilities.