Baba Suwe Finally Regains Freedom

Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina a.k.a. Baba Suwe, said on Friday that the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency “pumped water” into his anus, apparently in their bid to make him defecate the narcotic substances he allegedly ingested. 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. Meanwhile, lawyer to Baba Suwe, Barrister Bamidele Aturu, said that his client’s fundamental right will be fought to a logical conclusion, despite NDLEA alleged intent to apologize to Baba Suwe if he fails to excrete the alleged hard drug he ingested. 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. Aturu, vowed to drag the NDLEA to court for damages against the ace comedian, even as he called for an audit into the activities and operations of the NDLEA to ascertain how the agency treats suspects under its custody.In his words, “They kept him for 24 days without getting any evidence and that in itself constitutes a very gross violation of our constitution. You can’t arrest a person for this long period without evidence.”

The new suit, according to Aturu, will make claims for damages running into billions of naira and the aim is to teach the authorities a very important and fundamental lesson that they must uphold the laws of the country. “Citizens’ rights are inviolable, therefore those in authority must do everything not to abridge or violate the right of the Nigerian citizen. This is a test case and everybody in the world waited for the outcome of this case and we are going to bring an action in court very soon to let NDLEA know that they cannot continue do this to suspects in their custody,” he added.

This legal suit is one of the biggest in country and attracts a lot of attention. But do you think Baba Suwe did commit the said crime?