Intervention by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has stopped further trial of three persons alleged to have stolen palm oil worth N7bn from the Okitipupa Oil Palm Company.
The three suspects, Orimisan Adelokiki, Bose Ogunnowo and Rachel Akinrinu are members of the Ikale Supreme Civil Rights Council (ISCRC) who were arrested last month for protesting the lease renewal to Okitipupa Oil Palm Company.
A seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony, communal war, threats to life, possession of arms, theft totaling N7 billion, and breach of public peace were preferred against them.
They were subsequently remanded to Olokota Correctional Centre.
At the resumed hearing earlier this week, they were granted bail by Magistrate Damilola Sekoni after the Ondo State government requested the court to withdraw the two criminal charges against them.
