4th November, 2011
After 23 days in detention in the camp of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over suspicions that he concealed nacortic substance in his stomach, ace comedian, Babatunde Omidina a.k.a. Baba Suwe was this morning set free on bail by an Ikeja High Court. This brings the 23-day ‘stand-up comedyâ€
Justice Yetunde Idowu had on Tuesday ordered the NDLEA to release Omidina on bail today if he did not excrete the substance he was suspected of hiding in his stomach.
At the resumed hearing of the matter before the court this morning, NDLEA lawyer, Mr. Femi Oloruntoba told the court that since Tuesday, nothing incriminating has been found in Baba Suweâ€
Oloruntoba informed the court that NDLEA is not opposed to Omidinaâ€
Baba Suweâ€
“On Wednesday, my client was taken to an unknown hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos where he was subjected to numerous tests for over 12 hours. He was purged and several tubes were inverted in his nerves and anus but still nothing was found on him,†he told the court.
Baba Suwe, who was looking frail and weak, further confirmed his lawyerâ€
Asked by the court, if Baba Suweâ€
However, he promised to communicate to the court if there was such test and the result of it.
After accepting NDLEAâ€
“Mr. Omidina, you can now go home. I wish you well and please, take good care of yourself,†Justice Idowu said.
Immediately the court session ended, hundreds of Baba Suweâ€
Court has adjourned the matter till Thursday, 24 November, 2011.
—Henry Ojelu