Abiola Ajimobi, Governor of Oyo State. PHOTO: TWITTERThe private prosecutor in the case of murder instituted against a female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, says the decision to appeal the seven-year sentence handed the convict rests with the Oyo State Government.
The Prosecutor, Mr Sanya Akinyele, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan yesterday that he was satisfied with the judgment.
“I have written my interim report to the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and it is for him to take action on whether to appeal or not to appeal,’’ he said.
NAN recalls that Justice Munta Abimbola of an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Nov. 27 sentenced Oyediran to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter and not murder as charged.
Oyediran, an employee of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, had stabbed her husband, Lowo, to death on February 2, 2016 at Akobo area of Ibadan.
‘Only Oyo govt can appeal lawyer’s seven-year sentence’
