The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that a case file involving a former Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System (PMS), Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, be transferred to the state’s Chief Judge for reassignment to another court.

The matter, with suit No. I/74c/2024, was between the State Vs Mukaila Lamidi (Auxiliary) and was scheduled for hearing, yesterday. But the trial judge, Justice O. A. Adetujoye, resolved to return the case file to the CJ due to the failure of the counsel to agree if the court should take the two different cases before it involving the defendant.

After taking the appearance of the counsel of the parties Justice Adetujoye requested if the parties would agree to the court hearing the two different cases of the defendant before her.

Responding, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), S. O. Adeoye, who led the team of lawyers on behalf of the state, told the court that the state had no objection to the request.

But in a counter-response, counsel to the defendant, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), said his client would prefer that the two cases be heard by different court.He noted that if the court starts the hearing of the case as scheduled, the other matter should be transferred to another court.

The Senior Advocate said he raised the objection after due consultation with his client and after taking into consideration so many variables. However, the judge said that if any matter would be transferred, it would be the one scheduled for hearing yesterday since it was an offence that was committed within Ibadan jurisdiction.

She noted that the other matter that happened in Igboora would be retained by her court since Eruwa/Igboora was her original jurisdiction but also sitting in Ibadan as a fiat court.