COURT GRANTS NGIGE BAIL DESPITE EFCC OBJECTIONS, SPARKS DEBATE OVER CORRUPTION TRIALS. (PHOTO).

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 Court Grants Ngige Bail Despite EFCC Objections, Sparks Debate Over Corruption Trials In a move stirring controversy, former Labour Minister and ex-Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been granted bail by Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the FCT High Court, even as he faces an eight-count corruption charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While the court adopted the administrative bail previously granted by the EFCC on self-recognizance, it imposed stringent conditions: Ngige must produce a surety who is a Federal Government director, owns land in the FCT with a Certificate of Occupancy, and submits both the original certificate and international passport to the court. Until these are fulfilled, Ngige remains in Kuje Prison. Justice Hassan stressed the constitutional principle that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty and warned against bail conditions so harsh they amount to denial of liberty — a point clearly at odds with EFCC’...

59 PROTESTERS,ARRESTED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE.

Voters queue to cast their ballots in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings          According to sources,the South African police arrested 59 people after post election protest in Johannesburg township turned violent.Brigadier Neville Malida said ''Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protesters in Alexandra area,they had burned tires and barricaded the roads.400 people had gathered on friday outside a court in Alexandra to demand the release of other protesters arrested a day earlier''.According to the Electoral commission on friday said ''The South African ruling Party,African National Congress {ANC},won the 2014 national election with 62.16 percent of the votes''.

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