Medical doctor in charge of medical welfare of inmates, Kwara state prisons command, Olaleye Paul Olasunkanmi Monday told Ilorin High Court trying the Offa robbery suspects that the report of the medical examination on the suspects did not show that the wounds on their legs were as a result of gunshots.
Olasunkanmi said that the instrument used in the hospital cannot tell the date that the injuries occurred during the cross-examination. “I have informed the court that the date cannot be told by our instrument and the injuries are caused by trauma. He said since the court is after dispensing justice on the matter the assistance of the ballistician in the matter was necessary.
“This is outside the power of the CMD of UITH and I agree with this. This application is tantamount to attempts to delay the dispensation of this case. The application is hereby dismissed,” the Judge ruled.
“In the light of all this fact, it is difficult to conclude that whatever statement wherever it was obtained provided it occurred during the currency under the custody of the police was never voluntary. It was a statement that was given to stay alive.”