Ahmed Tajudeen Akanbi’s renewed bid for bail failed on Wednesday as the Lagos State High Court ordered his return to custody despite an appeal by his lawyer for his release on medical grounds.

Akanbi, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, is standing trial alongside Shafi Fatai and Yusuf Ismaila over the alleged killings of Sheriff Ishola Salami and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye of the Ajiran community in Eti-Osa, Lagos State.

At the proceedings on October 28, 2026, defence counsel Adedotun Ajulo urged the court to consider Akanbi’s health condition and grant him bail to obtain adequate medical treatment.

Justice Muyideen rejected the request, directing that Akanbi be returned to the Ikoyi custodial facility and provided with the medical attention he requires.

The case was adjourned until November 3, 2026.

Salami was reportedly killed in Moba, Eti-Osa, on April 18, 2023. Akinloye was allegedly assassinated along Chevron Road on August 26, 2024. The charges against the three defendants remain before the court.

Wednesday’s decision adds to a succession of unsuccessful bail applications pursued on Akanbi’s behalf before different judges of the Lagos State High Court.

According to earlier reports by SaharaReporters, the dispute followed a June 25 remand order issued by Justice Muyideen. Correctional officials reportedly declined initially to admit Akanbi because of his medical condition, prompting an interim arrangement under which the police continued taking him for treatment.

When the defendants were arraigned on July 3, Akanbi’s lawyers sought bail through an application supported by an affidavit of urgency. The court reaffirmed its remand order and scheduled further proceedings for November.

A separate application subsequently filed before Justice Olumuyiwa O. Martins was dismissed on July 22. The judge held that the application was unnecessary and sought to undermine the existing orders of the substantive trial court.

On August 6, Justice S.I. Sonaike struck out another application because a similar request was already pending before Justice Muyideen.

The following day, Justice O.L. Alebiosu declined to determine a separate bail request brought alongside a fundamental rights suit at the Ikeja Judicial Division, citing the possibility of conflicting rulings.

Justice A.M. Ipaye later considered an application seeking a hearing during the court’s long vacation. In the August 27 ruling, the judge noted the earlier applications and directed Akanbi’s lawyers to return to the judge handling the murder trial.

SaharaReporters reported that a vacation court had described the repeated applications as an abuse of court process.

With the latest bail request rejected, Akanbi remains in custody pending the continuation of proceedings on November 3.