The Magistrate Court in Ogun state has vindicated Comrade Adegboye Olatunji in a case of allegedly aiding cultism and supervising the initiation of new members into the cult.
Recall the state police in February 2020 arrested Adejuwon Emmanuel Adegboye Olatunji popularly known as Teejay, the incumbent Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Southwest zone D, alongside one Olarewaju Taiwo, was arrested following a tip-off that some people suspected to be cultists were sighted in a bush at Gbogidi area of Ilaro where they were initiating new members.
The two persons arrested in full regalia of the dreaded Black Axe cult group were remanded in police custody at the Ilaro Divisional Headquarters.
Although Olatunji proclaimed his innocence, he was suspended by the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI) for alleged involvement in cultism.
At that time, Olatunji was the president of the Student Union Government (SUG) of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI), Abeokuta.
However, according to a court document obtained by Brand Spur Nigeria on Wednesday, he has since been discharged and acquitted by the court on June 23, 2021. This is the first time a media organisation will make public this update.
Olatunji was exonerated of the three-count charges preferred against him and another defendant.
Although Olatunji proclaimed his innocence, he was suspended from school on February 11, 2020, over the incident.
Subsequently, in July 2020, the management of the Polytechnic reinstated suspended Olatunji.
The school said the reinstatement of the SUG president was based on the intervention of the Ogun State government.
