Controversial journalist and blogger, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, is in more trouble as she was rearrested and clamped in prison yet again and she will remain there until July 5, 2017.
The daughter of the former Governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo who was released from the Port Harcourt Prison after spending 81 days after she was remanded for allegedly defaming the character of Rivers State-based man of God, Pastor David Ibiyomie, was re-arresetd after she appeared in court for her bail hearing on June 20.
Olunloyo took to her verified Twitter handle and Facebook wall to announce the development, claiming it was due to the fact that 'magistrate bail of N200,000 was not perfected.'
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Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo is back in prison (Twitter)
This is what she tweeted:
“The prison said the warrant was canceled. Judicial error?”
She
further narrated on her wall that she would be in the Port Harcourt
prison until July 5, 2017 and that she needed N100,000 to get a surety
to perfect her bail so she could be set free.
However,
she could not get the money she needed and had no option but to be
remanded in the court's holding cell while the notice to the prison to
get a place for her was being prepared.
She later wrote a passionate appeal soliciting the sum of N100,000 to help perfect her bail on her Facebook wall:
"I need N100,000 to get a surety to perfect my magistrate bail so I don't sleep in prison tonight.
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First Bank of Nigeria.
I am in high spirits!!!
I WAS ARRESTED AGAIN TILL JULY 5th 2017. I'm in the court cell.
Prisons
were served a court order and the court register said it was not ready
yesterday or this morning. They purposely delayed it so that the prison
can't get it on time. The court started and they released the order
taken to the prison. Too late. The judiciary has failed me!!
Case
in magistrate court was not perfected. Prison says it was a canceled
warrant. Complainant lawyers and prosecutor says no. I was "miraculous"
freed says the prosecutor."
Recall
that Olunloyo had published an article accusing Pastor Ibiyomie of
serial adultery with some Nollywood actresses, fraudulent acts, and
other sundry crimes, claiming she got the information from a member of
his church.
The Pastor did not take the
accusation lying low and had written a petition to the Inspector General
of Police, leading to her arrest and subsequent remand in prison after
she could not meet her bail conditions.
On
June 15, Olunloyo had attempted to set up a fundraiser for what she
termed her 'legal fees and travel expense,' urging the public to donate
money to the effect but it is not known if anyone had responded to the
appeal before her current travail., and providing her bank account
details.
See the posts on her Facebook wall and Twitter handle here:
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