COURT GRANTS NGIGE BAIL DESPITE EFCC OBJECTIONS, SPARKS DEBATE OVER CORRUPTION TRIALS. (PHOTO).
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’...
Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court today,March 17,2017 convicted and sentenced one Oji Collins Azuka and Osaibueku Bright to twelve months imprisonment on a two count charge of Conspiracy and theft.The accused persons fraudulently connived and fraudulently stole from the complainant's bank account,the sum of N2,800,000 through several withdrawals withput his authority.Further investigation through analysis of the convict's bank of account revealed that the sum of N2,800,000 {Two Million,Eight Hundred Thousand Naira Only} was fraudulently transferred from the complainant's account to the accounts of the convicts and two others who are still at large.Upon arraignment today,the convicts pleaded guilty to the two count charge.In view of their plea,prosecution counsel Musa Isah urged the court to convict them accordingly.Justice Aisha convicted the accused persons as charged but before passing the sentence,counsel representing the convicts Ibrahim Isah pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy while sentencing the convicts.After listening to the allocutus of the defence counsel on behalf of his clients,Justice Aisha sentenced the convicts to six months Imprisonment without option of fine on count one and six months imprisonment with option of N500,000 {Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only} fine.
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