The seventh witness, Okunfolarin Orimisan with force no 140850 attached to State CID, Akure as the legal Admin Officer while being led in evidence by the lead defense counsel, Olusola Oke said he was in court following summons received. The counsel sought to tender the summons as an exhibit before the court.
Following the prosecution’s acquiescence, the presiding judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola admitted the exhibit as an evidence before the court.
Orimisan explained that his duty was to receive, certify and dispatch all public documents before him and serve as a liaison officer between the investigation team and the authority.
The witness while narrating his part in the investigation of the case confirmed the documents that were certified by him. As the lead defense counsel applied that they be admitted as exhibits, they were also duly admitted before the court as evidence.
During cross-examination by the Director of Public Prosecution, Grace Olowoporoku, the witness admitted that he was not part of the investigation team and was not aware when the investigation started and ended. The eighth witness, Ibrahim Akeem was the Investigative Police Officer.
He testified that the parents of the missing boy, Temitope and Modupe Kolawole along with one Esther Kolawole came to their office around 4 p.m to lodge a complaint that their son, Gold Kolawole was kidnapped by an unknown person.
Following his instructions, he said that they came with a petition letter against Alfa Babatunde which he submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State CID, Isola Babaita for approval.
He testified further that the first defendant, Alfa Babatunde was invited along with the third defendant, Margaret Oyebola to their office and they were interrogated on the development by Supol Oludaye in his presence and before the complainants.
He said that the first defendant was ordered to provide the children teachers. He explained that the Commissioner of Police then, Udie Adie urged them to collaborate and look for the baby but said that they came with a negative report to the commissioner.
Reacting to the allegation that the police did not do anything about the case, the witness said that the case file was forwarded to the DPP and they were waiting for that before they could charge the suspects to court.
During cross-examination by one of the defense counsels Akinyemi Omoware, the witness stated that the police tried all they could to locate Esther Kolawole all to no avail.
Also cross examined by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adekola Olawoye, the witness admitted that they could not find any record of Esther Kolawole at the school she claimed to attend.
The ninth witness, Yinka Omodara said that she was in charge of registration of children brought to the children department and that she registered the missing boy in the church register as number 87.
In contradiction to the mother’s claim that she came to drop the baby alone, Omodara stated that two women came to drop the baby off at the children department.
She testified that at sometimes later she lifted her head and saw Gold mother’s companion feeding some of the children and the Mother met her there at that point.
She said that the mother however came back later and raised alarm that she couldn’t find her child and the children teachers joined her to look for the child.
The next witness, Margaret Oyebola also testifying shared the same narration with the court.During cross-examination by O.C Ologun, the witness said that she was not aware that the child was not walking yet.
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