A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Odedele Feranmi was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo for alleged for reckless driving and killing.
The accused person was alleged to have driven in a reckless manner and caused the death of a 16-year-old boy, Olasunkanmi Pelumi, on January 4, 2019.
He was said to have crushed the deceased in front of government secretariat located along Gbongan-Ibadan expressway coming from Ibadan to resume for primary place of assignment in Osogbo.
The Police prosecutor, Mr Oladoye Joshua informed the court that the accused person allegedly killed the deceased with his Honda car around 11.30am.
He said the alleged offence contravened the provision of section 81(1) Cap 115, Vol 6, Laws of Osun State, 2003.
However, counsel to the accused person, Mr Bola Abimbola-Ige pleaded with the court to grant his client bail in a liberal term, promising that he would not jump bail.
He said the accused is still presumed to be innocent in accordance with Section 36(5) of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria, and the provision of Section 118(2) of the criminal procedure law of Osun State.
Abimbola-Ige implored the court to exercise its discretional power in favour of the accused person by releasing him on bail pending his trial.
The accused told the court, upon Magistrate inquiry, that he was expected to resume to his PPA on Monday, January 7, in Osogbo, lamenting that he was coming from Ibadan where he lives before the incident happened.
Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara who was reluctant in granting the accused bail said he has never heard such a terrible experience of such in his life.
He said: “The accused person is reluctantly granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Magistrate Ayilara ordered that the sureties must be residents within the state and the car of the accused be moved to the court so that he can stand his trial.
He said the father of the accused should submit to the court three passport photographs and sign undertaken before the court.
The Magistrate thereby adjourned the matter to January 30, 2019 for mention.
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