Five months later, he was arrested and detained.
The Oyo State government has arraigned Mukaila Lamidi, former chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the State Park Management System (PMS), also known as Auxiliary, before Justice O. A. Adetujoye of Fiat Court 5 of the Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan.
An auxiliary who was arraigned for an offence committed on May 29, 2023, was allowed to roam freely until his interview with a broadcaster, during which he called out Seye Famojuro, a trusted ally of Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, for being behind his woes.
Before then, the transport union leader had been sacked and declared wanted while he was replaced with Tomiwa Omolewa. One year later, a few days after threatening Famojuro, he was eventually arrested.
“If Famojuro is the governor or Seyi Makinde is, we will know. It is just a matter of time. Everybody will face the consequences of their actions. The people he chose to manage the park are cheating themselves,” Auxiliary had said in the interview.
Asked if hooliganism led to his removal as PMS leader, Auxiliary said nobody reported that he beat them to the police, noting that Famojuro would still return to Ijesha because Ibadan is not his homeland.
“Seye will still return to Ijesha because Ibadan is not his town. Only Governor Seyi Makinde and I will remain here because we won’t run away. And I see that the bird is not working, but God feeds it. Seye will reap the seeds of his actions,” he added.
The case with suit number i/74c/2024 was between the State and Mukaila Lamidi (Auxiliary).
He was arraigned on 17 17-count charges of armed robbery, murder, attempted murder, and possession of firearms, including one AK-47 assault rifle and two SMG rifles with a magazine.
The offence, according to the charge sheet, was contrary to any punishable under Section 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, CAP RII, Vol.14, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
It added that the offences were committed on the 29th Day of May 2023, at about 2pm at Governor Seyi Makinde’s residence in Ikolaba, Ibadan.
