Matharoo sisters who blackmailed Otedola escapes police custody, surety imprisoned (photo)

It could be recalled that few months
back, two Indian sisters and Canadian
citizen Kiran and Jyoti Mathroo were
involved in the blackmail of one of
Nigeria’s billionaire, Femi Otedola, his
wife and daughter, DJ Cuppy.
Following this report, the two sisters
were arrested and charged to Magistrate
court, Yaba, Lagos, for Cyber bulling,
blackmail and extortion alongside their
accomplice, Babatunde Oyebode a.k.a
Baudex. After realizing their mistake
the two sisters made an apology video
to Mr Otedola and his family
However, Politics Nigeria disclosed that
these two sisters were said to have
escaped from Nigeria, ignoring the fact
that their case with the business mogul
is still in court.
They added that, trouble started for the
Matharoo sisters and Oyebode after
Otedola wrote a petition to the Nigerian
police on an attempt by the trio to
blackmail and extort him. After their
first appearance in court, the sisters
absconded leaving only Oyebode who
has been diligent in making court
appearances.
They visited the prosecutor’s office in
Yaba, where it was revealed that the
sisters obtained a temporary travel
document that aided their escape.
Femi Otedola and the Matharoo sisters
It was further discovered that one was
of the sureties; Alhaji Waheed Sobunlo
was identified and made to write an
undertaking to provide the trio on
every date of adjournment. The
undertaking was written on 26/12/2016.
At a second hearing into the case on in
January 2017, tables turned around
when the sisters did not appear in court
and this prompted the presiding judge
to issue a bench warrant for the sisters.
The warrants were dated 25/1/2017. A
bench warrant was issued for their
surety, Sobunlo on 2/2/2017 after he
failed to produce the sisters in court.

It was later discovered Sobunlo and 2
other sureties had also absconded. Only
one of the sureties was arrested and he
is currently in prison custody.
Unconfirmed reports reveal that
Sobunlo escaped to the US. All the issued
bench warrants are still in effect.