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  • Son gets bail for assaulting father

    A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State yesterday granted N200,000 bail to a man, Ikenna Odawulu, who allegedly assaulted his 77-year-old father.

    The Magistrate, Mr. Aro Lambo, also granted the accused two sureties as part of his bail conditions.

    He ordered that one of the sureties must be a civil servant of not less than Grade Level 14 and the other a cleric or a community leader.

    Lambo said the sureties must provide evidence of tax payments to the Lagos State government, and their residential addresses verified by the prosecutor.

    Ikenna, 26, who lives at 5, Nurudeen Street, Orile Iganmu, a suburb of Lagos, pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of assault and threat.

    The prosecutor, Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused allegedly committed the offences at 5, Nurudeen Street, Orile Iganmu, at 7 am., on September 5.

    She alleged that the accused unlawfully punched his father, Godwin Odawulu, in the face and all over his body during a misunderstanding.

    Osayande said the offence contravened sections 172 and 56 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The court adjourned the case till October 12 for mention.

  • Businessman allegedly paid N2.4b gets bail

    A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a businessman, Olugbenga Obadina, the managing director, Almond Projects Limited.

    Obadina was allegedly paid N2.4 billion by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), under Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), without rendering any service.

    He was arraigned with his company last Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an eight-count charge for allegedly collecting N2,417, 000,000 paid into his company’s account in tranches, between 2013 and 2015 from ONSA’s account  without contract award.

    The offence is contrary to Section 15(2), (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.

    Justice Nnamdi Dimgba yesterday admitted Obadina to bail at N500 million with two sureties, who must each endorse a bond of N250 million.

    The judge said the sureties can be private businessmen, professional or civil servant of the rank of a director.

    “The sureties must have landed property either in Asokoro, Maitama, Apo Legislative quarters, Wuse II area of Abuja, or Victoria Island, Lagos State. The sureties are to provide evidence of income tax payment for three years,” the judge said.

    He directed Obadina to deposit his international passport with the registrar of the court, and must go to the EFCC to comply with Section 15 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which entails submitting himself for biodata collection, finger-printing, snapshot and necessary profiling.

    Obadina is to be remanded in prison custody pending satisfaction of his bail conditions.

    The judge adjourned to September 30 and October 4, 2016, for trial.

     

  • Edo lawmaker gets bail after 60 days in custody

    A High Court 1 sitting in Auchi yesterday granted bail to a member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rasak Momoh, after 60 days in custody.

    Justice Ada Ehigiamusoe granted a bail of N1 million, two sureties who must have landed properties and live in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area.

    Momoh is standing trial for illegal possession of fire arm and alleged robbery.

    He was arrested at Baladi Hotel, Aviele in Etsako West Local Government Area on April 20, the day the state held its council polls.

    Momoh had earlier been arraigned before Magistrate Caroline Nwoha in Auchi.

    Mrs. Nwoha had ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution and that the accused be remanded in Auchi medium prison pending hearing on June 3.

    The court could not hear the case on the adjourned date as Magistrate Nwoha declined to entertain the suit for lack of jurisdiction.

    The case was subsequently transferred to the high court.

    The prosecutor, the commissioner of police, urged the court to refuse bail to the accused, alleging that the accused is influential and would for that reason jump bail.

    But Justice Ehigiamusoe said the accused has provided sufficient facts to be granted bail.

    He said: “The fact that the accused is popular does not mean he will jump bail when granted.”

    With the granting of bail, the prosecutor is expected to provide a trial date.

     

  • Lamido’s son gets bail

    Lamido’s son gets bail

    Aminu, son of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, who was arrested for money laundering on Tuesday, was yesterday granted bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Aminu was stopped by the operatives of the anti-graft agency at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano for failing to declare $40,000 in his luggage. He declared $10,000. He was subsequently picked for making false declaration.

    EFCC Spokesman Mr. Wilson Uwujaren said although charges were prepared, the governor would be charged to court on a later date.

    An EFCC officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mr. Lamido was granted bail because judges were not in Kano to take his plea because of the Judges conference going on in Abuja.

    According to security sources at the airport, the young Lamido was arrested on his way to boarding an Egypt Air flight to Cairo.

    But Governor Lamido denied that his son was laundering money. In a statement, he said: “I have read from Sahara Reporters that my son Aminu Sule Lamido has been arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport for carrying fifty thousand US Dollars ($50 000) on his way to Egypt.

    “For the purpose of removing the notion that he was embarking on a money laundering mission on my behalf, I find it necessary to clarify the allegation.

    “Aminu Lamido had a daughter born with spinal chord problem and was taken to Cleopatra Hospital in Cairo Egypt last year. She was in the Hospital for three weeks for treatment and was asked to be returned after three months for the second phase of the treatment and this was done about four months ago. At the end of the second phase of the treatment, they were asked to return to the hospital for examination after three months. It was on the third leg of the visit that Lamido was arrested by the EFCC while trying to board the Egypt Air on Tuesday December 11 around 11 am. The impression the EFCC gave to Sahara Reporters that he has been carrying out several trips abroad on money laundering on my behalf is therefore false and mischievous to that extent.”