A Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has ordered the Workplace of the Lawyer-Basic of the Federation (AGF) to take over the prosecution of a cyberstalking case involving the Alagbado of Agbado, Oba Adedayo Richard Shyllon.
The case, filed by the Commissioner of Police with cost quantity FHC/AB/79C/2025, got here up for plea proceedings on Tuesday earlier than Justice Abiodun J. Adeyemi. The 62-year-old monarch was current in courtroom when the matter was known as.
Justice Adeyemi knowledgeable counsel that the courtroom had acquired a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) within the Workplace of the AGF, dated September 16, 2025, requesting to imagine management of the case below Part 174 of the 1999 Structure (as amended).
A Licensed True Copy of the courtroom order, dated September 24, 2025, confirmed that the DPP’s request had been served and acknowledged by the Workplace of the Inspector-Basic of Police (IGP) on the identical day. Copies had been additionally despatched to the Assistant Inspector-Basic of Police, Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, and the Ogun State Police Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
After contemplating the submissions, Justice Adeyemi granted the applying, formally transferring the case from the police to the federal ministry of justice.
“The appliance of the AGF to take over the matter is granted.”The case of Commissioner of Police vs. Adedayo Richard Shyllon is hereby taken over by the AGF,” the decide dominated.
With the ruling, the prosecution will now be dealt with by the Workplace of the Lawyer-Basic. Additional listening to within the case has been adjourned to October 29, 2025.
