BREAKING: Ibadan stampede: Court grants Principal, Hamzat, Silekunola bail

By Miracle Ogunde

The principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat; and Olori Naomi Silekunola, have been granted bail by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital.

Justice K.B. Olawoyin granted the trio the bail on Monday.

DailyPost reports that the trio were granted bail after the judge listened to the arguments of their counsels.

The three were being prosecuted over a stampede that occurred at the school, which left no fewer than thirty-five children died during the incident which happened on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Recall that an Oyo State Magistrate Court in Iyaganku had earlier ordered that the trio be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Facility.

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