Former Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Kudirat Adeleke and eleven other accused persons who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for their involvement in a N5.6billion pension scam today lost their bid to regain freedom as an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan refused their bail application. Justice Bolaji Yusuf, in her ruling, turned down the pleas of all the counsel to the 12 defendants seeking bail for their clients on the ground that the offences for which they were arraigned were bailable. Rather, she ordered that their trial be accelerated. “This is…
Author: Kunle Edun
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday, November 25, 2013 convicted Augustine Onwe for failing to declare Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand CFA( 7,815,000 CFA) to men of Nigeria Customs Service at Seme border post. Justice Ibrahim Buba convicted the accused and ordered that the entire sum of Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand CFA (7,815,000 CFA) be forfeited to the Federal Republic of Nigeria The accused was arrested on July 17, 2013 at Seme border while trying to cross from Nigeria to Benin Republic after he failed to declare Seven Million, Eight Hundred and…