Kemisola Ogunniyi, an 18-year-old lady who recently gave birth in prison while being detained in connection with October 2020 #EndSARS protest, has been offered a scholarship.
The development comes nine months after she was arrested alongside three others after violence that erupted in the wake of October 2020 #EndSARS protests, and was subsequently remanded in prison with about two-month-old pregnancy.
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She and the other suspects were accused of being part of those who razed the state secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure during the protest.
They were charged with conspiracy to commit arson, riotous assembly, stealing, and malicious damage and were remanded in Surulere prison in Ondo west LGA of the state.
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She gave birth in prison on June 16 after many Nigerians took to social media platforms to demand her release.
Then on June 22, an Ondo state High Court sitting in Olokuta Medium Prison in Akure granted bail to Kemisola.
In latest development according to PremiumTimes, her lawyer, Tope Temokun, that the lady has been offered a scholarship by a philanthropist, Bamidele Omosehin. Mr Omosehin, who hails from Ondo State, is the founder of Bamidele Omosehin Foundation (BOF).
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The lawyer said;
He offered to place Kemisola on scholarship for this forthcoming NECO examination, any other examination and her UTME for her to return to school. He also offered to fund her through university education.
Earlier, Kemisola’s newborn got a scholarship on the day of his naming ceremony. A medical doctor in Akure, Wilson Ikubese, offered the baby scholarship from nursery to secondary school levels.
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The naming ceremony took place on June 23 at Vera Christian Assembly, Ayedun Quarters, Akure, Ondo State capital.
