Lekki Gardens Boss Richard Nyong Released On Bail After Being Remanded In Jail Over Building Collapse

 

Richard Nyong was arrested on March 11 for the collapse of the five storey building in Lekki that killed about 35 people.

Chief Superintendent of Police Mr. Eno-Edobor Thomas had requested that Nyong remained in jail while investigations were concluded but a Magistrate court in Ebute Metta granted him bail. OAP Freeze also confirmed his release.

Below is what Freeze wrote via his Instagram page:

    Breaking!!!! LEKKI Gardens boss Richard Nyong granted bail! GOD is indeed faithful. Like I earlier said, I am not saying he shouldn’t be tried, my emphasis lies greatly on a fair trial, without stripping away his dignity. Also the alleged human rights violation/abuse reported in this case (which I won’t talk about in this post) is another thing I am absolutely against!
    “Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on one who denies), is the principle that one is considered innocent unless proven guilty.”
    In criminal law, Blackstone’s formulation (also known as Blackstone’s ratio or the Blackstone ratio) is the principle that:
    “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer” – William Blackstone.
    If we want democracy and its dividends we must learn to embrace #Justice4all
    ~FRZ