A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the prosecution of a police officer attached to the Cyber Crime Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Osun Command, CPL Bankole Olumide, for perjury.
Magistrate A.A Adeyeba, who gave the order, accused the Nigeria Police and Olumide of misleading the court to obtain an order.
A Certified True Copy of the order obtained by NAIJAONPOINT stated that the police on September 3 filed an application to remand three persons – Adeniyi Ahmed (25), Sikiru Oyebode (24), Oguniyi Tunmise (23) – who were arrested for malicious damage in custody, with Olumide deposing to an affidavit.
The court granted the application by the police to remand the suspects in custody for 14 days pending the conclusion of investigation.
However, following the expiration of the 14-day remand order, the police, rather than release the suspects on bail or charge them to court, filed a fresh ex parte remand application on September 22.
In the new application, a fourth suspect, Lukman Ayuba (37), was added, with Officer Olumide deposing to another affidavit to back the application.
The development, Magistrate Adeyeba described as an abuse of court, noting that the new application was a duplication of the one filed on September 3, 2026.
The CTC partly read, “It is very unfortunate that Nigeria Police could be misleading the court to get an Order, especially the deponent to the Affidavit in support, one CPL Bankole Olumide. The present application is a duplication of the one filed on the 3rd September, 2026 with Suit Number MOS/845/2026: C.O.P. V. Adeniyi Ahmed, Sikiru Oyebode, and Ogunniyi Tunmise, and the order was made on 4/9/2026.
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“In this present application, the Commissioner of Police of Osun State, who is a lawyer supposed to know better, by not allowing his officers to spoil his name. Instead of the police to charge the Respondents in MOS/M.845/2026 to court or release them on bail, they resulted in duplicating facts, application and Affidavit.
“This is highly shameful, ridiculous and embarrassing. I will not allow anybody to use this Honourable Court to do injustice to any citizen of Osun State.”
The magistrate refused the application and warned the Nigeria Police, Osun Command, against misleading any court in the state any longer.
Magistrate Adeyeba also ordered the release of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents immediately by the Police, or be charged to court unfailingly, while the 4th respondent was also ordered to be released on bail, or be charged to court unfailingly on Friday, September 25, 2026.
The magistrate added, “The Deponent to the Affidavit in Support, CPL Bankole Olumide, is ordered by this Honourable Court to be charged with perjury comparing his paragraph 8 of the Affidavit in support of the Motion in Suit No: MOS/M.845/2026 with paragraph 8 of Suit No: MOS/M.921/2026.”
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
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