On confirming from the NDLEA, represented by its Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, Mr. Femi Oloruntoba, that Omidina had not excreted any narcotic substance since Tuesday when he was granted bail, Justice Yetunde Idowu asked him to go home, having fulfilled the other conditions of the bail.
Idowu had ordered on Tuesday that the NDLEA should release Baba Suwe from its custody if by Friday, no banned substances were found in his excretion. His lawyer, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, said Baba Suwe told him just before the court sitting that he had defected more than 25 times since his arrest on October 12.
Omidina stepped out of the court room at about 11.30 am to meet a large crowd, comprising his fans and colleagues in the entertainment industry. He was immediately whisked away by some of his friends in a blue car, as the large cheering crowd surged forward to catch a glimpse of him.
Aturu earlier told the court that Baba Suwe’s N500,000 bail with one surety had been perfected. The judge asked him to go home, urging him to take care of himself and “enjoy the sallah with your family.” She, however, acceded to the NDLEA’s request that the actor be made to report at the agency’s office in Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Thursday for further investigation.
The judge granted the request with an undertaking from the NDLEA that Baba Suwe would not be held in the office for more than two hours. While responding to the judge’s question, Omidina told the court that he was taken to a hospital that he could not identify on Wednesday, at about 9 am and remained there till 9 pm.
He said, “The day after I was granted bail (Wednesday), they just came at about 9 am and took me to a hospital in Victoria Island. When we got to the hospital, they put something in my mouth and another in my anus. “They now pumped water into my anus. After they pumped water into my anus I started defecating. “I defecated again several times on getting to their office.” Oloruntoba said he was not aware of the development when asked by the judge.
But Baba Suwe was able to identify one of the operatives of the agency, who took him to the hospital. The NDLEA official confirmed that the actor was taken to the agency’s laboratory on Wednesday morning. He said Omidina was taken to the agency’s hospital in Ikoyi, from where a doctor directed that he should be taken to their laboratory in Lekki.
He told the court that it was the doctor who was in a better position to give a report and the nature of examination performed on the actor. Idowu said, “This is not proper. This is a human being and not a robot. I don’t feel comfortable with this. At least, the man deserves some respect regardless of the fact that he is in your custody. “You are doing that kind of test without his consent and the knowledge of his counsel.” The judge was also dissatisfied that there was no result given to the effect of the test.
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