The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has pledged that those responsible for the tragic stampede at the children’s funfair on December 18, 2024, which claimed the lives of 35 children at Islamic High School in Ibadan, will be prosecuted.
The governor said this at an event held at the Governor’s Office Secretariat car park.
The organisers, including Prophetess Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, the former wife of the Ooni of Ife; Oriyomi Hamzat, the owner of Agidigbo FM; and Fasasi Abdullahi Babatunde, the Principal of Islamic High School, have been detained at Agodi Custodial Centre.
According to him, “35 innocent souls were lost; we won’t see such again in Oyo State by God’s grace.
Quite a number of people reached out to me, saying that this happened in Anambra and FCT and nobody went to jail. Why is it that in Oyo State, some people will go to jail? Oyo is not Anambra, and no matter how highly placed, justice must be done.
The judiciary is here, after all; it’s in their court. If they think they can grant bail pending the trial, I don’t have anything against it, but they must go on trial.
Even if the entire country decides not to follow the rule of law, Oyo State will dare to be different.”
