Girl Arrested During #ENDSARS Protest Gives Birth In Prison

18-year old girl, Kemisola Oguniyi, who was arrested during the
#ENDSARS protest in Ondo state, has given birth in prison
custody.

Kemisola and three others, Ayodele Bukunmi, Ojo Samuel and Ani
Obinna were remanded to prison custody.

They were taken to Surulere Prison in Ondo West local
government.

The charges preferred against them were conspiracy to commit the
following felonies, to wit: arson, riotous assembly, stealing and
malicious damage.

Kemisola was said to have gone into labour on June 15 and gave
birth to a baby boy the following day.

Her lawyer, Tope Tomekun, in a letter to the Ondo Chief Judge,
Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, argued that Kemisola was innocent of the
crime preferred against her.

Tope said Kemisola was on her way to the Federal University of
Technology Akure (FUTA) to collect money for her mother’s treatment
when she was apprehended by the Nigerian Army on random raiding and
handed over to the Police for investigation.

“She was later alleged to be part of those who set APC
Secretariat Akure on fire during the #ENDSARS protest that took
place in October 2020.

“I write to you sir, first as a lawyer and in furtherance of my
conviction as a believer in the humanitarian cause of justice, to
appeal to you sir, that for the sake of the sinless newborn child
and in the interest of justice, to give a directive that this
matter be given an urgent hearing as this is one deserving case,
sir, in which the powers in this direction could be exercised.”

He also appealed to the Ondo Commissioner of Justice and
Attorney-General, Sir Titiloye Charles, to use his powers to
discontinue the prosecution of Kemisola and others.

18-year old girl, Kemisola Oguniyi, who was arrested during the
#ENDSARS protest in Ondo state, has given birth in prison
custody.

Kemisola and three others, Ayodele Bukunmi, Ojo Samuel and Ani
Obinna were remanded to prison custody.

They were taken to Surulere Prison in Ondo West local
government.

The charges preferred against them were conspiracy to commit the
following felonies, to wit: arson, riotous assembly, stealing and
malicious damage.

Kemisola was said to have gone into labour on June 15 and gave
birth to a baby boy the following day.

Her lawyer, Tope Tomekun, in a letter to the Ondo Chief Judge,
Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, argued that Kemisola was innocent of the
crime preferred against her.

Tope said Kemisola was on her way to the Federal University of
Technology Akure (FUTA) to collect money for her mother’s treatment
when she was apprehended by the Nigerian Army on random raiding and
handed over to the Police for investigation.

“She was later alleged to be part of those who set APC
Secretariat Akure on fire during the #ENDSARS protest that took
place in October 2020.

“I write to you sir, first as a lawyer and in furtherance of my
conviction as a believer in the humanitarian cause of justice, to
appeal to you sir, that for the sake of the sinless newborn child
and in the interest of justice, to give a directive that this
matter be given an urgent hearing as this is one deserving case,
sir, in which the powers in this direction could be exercised.”

He also appealed to the Ondo Commissioner of Justice and
Attorney-General, Sir Titiloye Charles, to use his powers to
discontinue the prosecution of Kemisola and others.