Giving birth not reason for discharge, court tells remanded banker who gives birth in prison

An Osun State Magistrate’s Court presided over by Olusegun Ayilara has told the family of a banker, Mrs. Awanat Ajayi, that the fact that she gave birth while in prison is not a technical reason for discharge when shed has not perfected her bail condition.

The court spoke after it was told that Ajayi, who is being held in the Ilesa Correctional Facility, had been delivered of a baby in prison.

Recall that the spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, had recently disclosed the arrest of First Bank manager, Talabi Adeniyi over N650m fraud used for Proof of Fund (POF).

Ajayi who is one of the bankers under Talabi who used to get money for POF from interested members of the public was arrested after she allegedly collected money from a magistrate.

However, the business deal went awry when Talabi allegedly lost N650m in the business deal.

Hence, Ajayi was arraigned before an Osun State Magistrate’s Court presided over by Olusegun Ayilara for collecting a sum of N10m from Magistrate Oyindamola Daramola.

She was subsequently remanded in custody after an oral bail application made by her lawyer who noted that the offence was a bailable one and that she had a few weeks to deliver, coupled with the fact that she has Hepatitis B.

In August, Ayilara granted the banker stringent bail condition, saying a monarch and level 14 officer should be her surety with a deposit of N5m before she can be released.

Last Wednesday during sitting, counsel for the banker noted that Ajayi had delivered a baby through a Cesarean section surgery.

However, Ayilara said, “Giving birth is not a technical reason for discharge,” adding, “your wife’s bail condition has not been perfected, delivery not a technical reason for discharge. This is the law and even me doesn’t have power over it, it is only a higher court that can say otherwise.”