Comedian, Babatunde Omidina, better known as Baba Suwe, will make his first public appearance since he was arrested three weeks ago. Suwe will be at the High Court in Ikeja.
Baba Suwe has been in the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency's custody since he was arrested on October 12 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as he was boarding flight to Paris, France.
The NDLEA had claimed that their scanners showed that Suwe had foreign substances in his gut, and that the said scanners suggested that the substances were illegal drugs.
Justice Yetunde Idowu had last Wednesday ordered the NDLEA to produce the actor in court on November 1, following the concern raised by his lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, over his state of health and his safety in the agency’s custody.
Aturu raised the fear at the resumed hearing in the N100m suit he filed on behalf of Baba Suwe against the NDLEA for alleged violation of his rights by keeping him in custody for more than 24 hours without charging him with any offence before any court.
In moving the application dated October 24, 2011 Aturu said Baba Suwe was diabetic, adding that the public and his family members were apprehensive that his state of health could be in jeopardy while he remained in the NDLEA’s custody. The NDLEA, represented by Femi Oloruntoba, did not oppose the the motion.
Idowu, who ordered the NDLEA to produce Baba Suwe “physically in court,” dismissed Oloruntoba’s fears of an uncontrollable crowd and promised that all measures would be put in place to secure the court premises by keeping crowds far away.
Contrary to NDLEA’s ealier claim that Suwe claimed to eat only once in three days, Suwe’s first son, Adesola, swore to a 10-paragraph affidavit, saying that his father, who he visited on October 24, told him that “he had so far defeacated eight times without any banned substance in his excreta, though he ate thrice daily.”-DAILYTIMES
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