A Magistrate Court sitting in Kaduna State has charged Nehemiah Adejor, the man who drove the car that killed Air Force Officer, Tolulope Arotile, for culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy.
The second and third suspects, Folorunsho Igbekele Faith and Gbayegun Deji have however been acquitted of all charges.
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It would be recalled that on July 15, Nigerian Air Force announced that the country’s first female combat helicopter pilot died after a car driven by her secondary school mate, Adejor hit her in the NAF base in Kaduna State.
Adejor and two other persons, Folorunsho Igbekele Faith and Gbayegun Deji in the car were arrested by the NAF and handed over the Police for prosecution.
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Though the police noted that there is no premeditation in the death of Arotile, when the case came up on Thursday August 20, the prosecution Counsel DSP Martins D. Leo prayed the Court to discharge the second and third suspects, as their investigation did not find them wanting.
The presiding Justice Benjamin Hassan, then discharged the two suspects, based on police investigation and in addition to the legal advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecution, Bayero Dari that they have no case to answer.
Both were only passengers and friends of the first suspect, Adejor who was driving the vehicle.
Nehemiah Adejor is however going to be arraigned at the State High Court for culpable homicide not punishable with death on September 3, 2020.
