Justice Oyindamola Ogala of an Ikeja High Court has acquitted a 29-year-old commercial driver, Ibrahim Yusuf, accused of killing an official of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
Yusuf was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge of attempted murder and harm on an official of LASTMA, Olatunde Awotola.
Delivering judgment in the matter yesterday, Justice Ogala discharged and acquitted the commercial driver charged with the alleged killing of an official of LASTMA.
The defendant was charged to court on April 29, 2022 for the alleged offences.
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Justice Ogala stated that the prosecution failed to prove the two counts charge preferred against him by the Lagos State Government.
According to the judge, there was no documentary evidence presented by the sole prosecution witness, nor was their evidence of reporting the incident at the Police station.
It would be recalled that the defendant was accused of attacking the official when he was trying to arrest him on February 12, 2022 at Kosoko Ojodu.
The defendant ran into trouble with the law when the de
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