Ojuelegba tragedy: Truck owner gets bail, driver remanded in prisons custody

An Ebute-metta Chief Magistrate's Court, Lagos, has admitted bail to Adeyanju Kilani, the owner of the truck whose container fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba, Lagos, on Second of September  in the sum of  two hundred and fifty thousand naira bail, after two subsequent adjournments.
The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Folashade Botoku, after ruling in the bail applications filed by the lawyer to the truck owner ordered the driver who drove the truck, Wasiu Adeleke, to continue to be with prisons authority, pending the time the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, will issue an advice on multiple manslaughter charges leveled against him.
Consequently, the matter has been adjourned to November 18, for mention.
  The truck owner, Kilani, is facing trial on a two-count charge bordering on permitting his driver, one Wasiu Adeleke to drive without a valid driver's license, MOT test and Road worthiness certificate.
The prosecutor, G.O. Osuyi, said that the offences were committed on September 2, on Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue, Lagos.
The truck driver, Adeleke, was charged before the same court on Septembet 11, on an eleven-count charge bordering on reckless driving negligent manner, and multiple manslaughter.
Adeleke, on the said day, drove a Diesel truck marked Lagos EPE 46 XK carrying a 20 feet container loaded with iron doors and white cement in a negligent manner, that fell and killed three person's at Ojuelegba Area of Lagos State, causing the deaths of one Abubakar Sule, 52, Umaru Sulaiman, 46 and Kamilu Umaru, 28.
The truck also said to have damaged a Toyota Corolla with Reg. No. LSD 532 CN, valued at N2 million, belonging to Sumaila Marksman and a Nissan Sunny, Reg. No. DG 750 LND, valued at N600,000, belonging to one Mr Joseph Ajayi.
The offences, acvording to the prosecutor, Osuyi are contrary to and punishable under Sections 31 and 36 (1 and 2) of the Lagos state Road Traffic Law 2012.
The accused had however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against him.
The counsel to the accused, W.O. Toriola, had requested the court to grant the accused bail based on self recognition being a senior citizen of the country with no prior criminal record.
The case was, thereafter, adjourned to Sept. 23, for ruling on the bail application.
At the resumed hearing of the matter, on Wednesday Sept. 23 the duo were again ordered to be remanded for another 20days this was sequel to the objection raised by their lawyer, Toriola, who vehemently opposed their plea be taken in a consolidated charge against the duo.
The prosecutor, Inspector Chinalu Nwadiowe, had informed the court of the police application to substitute the charges against each of the accused persons.
But Toriola in opposition to the applications, said the business of the day was for the court to deliver rulings on the accused's bail application.
He also informed the court that the police cannot apply for the substitution of the charges rather such can only be consolidated.
Toriola, had urged the court for an adjournment, to enable him file a formal application in opposition to the substitution of the charges against his clients.