My Pikin
The
Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday dismissed a bail application filed
by two men convicted for the sale of adulterated teething mixture, My Pikin, which killed about 80 children in 2008.
Adeyemo Abiodun and Ebele Eromosele had
prayed the appellate court to grant them bail pending the determination
of their substantive appeal against the judgment of the Federal High
Court, Lagos which sentenced them to seven years imprisonment each.
They were employees of Barewa
Pharmaceutical Company Limited, which Justice Okechukwu Okeke (now
retired), had ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government
following its conviction along with the two men.
The company’s Managing Director, Mr. Kola Okunlola, died before the trial was concluded.
In its ruling on the bail application
read by Justice Fatima Akinbami, the appellate court held that the
convicts failed to disclose any special or exceptional circumstance to
warrant the bail.
The court held that the contention of
the appellants’ counsel, Mr. Osaro Eghobamien (SAN), that one of his
clients was suffering from glaucoma and hypertension had no merit.
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