The Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja has ordered the remand of Suleiman Dabo, former Member of Kaduna State Home of Meeting (Zaria Constituency) in Kuje jail pending a ruling on his bail utility.
Choose James Omotosho issued the order on Monday, January 15, after Dabo was arraigned on a seven-count indictment filed towards him by the Nigeria Police.
He’s accused, amongst different issues, of acquiring N30 million from Mrs. Folashade Mojeolaoluwa beneath false pretenses.
Dabo, alongside together with his agency, Ohman Worldwide Enterprise Restricted, was charged with the indictment, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/363/2021.
The 2 defendants pleaded not responsible when the costs have been learn to them, after which prosecutor Mathew Omosun urged the court docket to ship the ex-lawmaker to jail pending the graduation of the trial.
Nevertheless, protection lawyer AS Egene opposed Omosun's request and knowledgeable the court docket that he had filed a bail utility on behalf of his consumer.
Egene advised the court docket that his consumer had beforehand been launched on bail by one other court docket choose who heard the case earlier than it was assigned to a brand new court docket.
READ ALSO: Ojukwu Launched Awolowo From Jail To Please Yorubas, Free Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB Lawyer Tells Tinubu It's Time To Pay Again
He urged the court docket to grant Dabo bail on the identical phrases on which he was earlier granted bail, a request
Omosun objected to this, noting that he has filed a counter-affidavit to that impact.
Whereas reviewing the file, Justice Omotosho famous that Dano has been absent from court docket about eight instances for the reason that case was reassigned to his court docket.
In response, Egene requested the court docket for leniency in the direction of his consumer, to which the choose responded by saying, “As a legislator, he should know that the temple of justice have to be revered.”
Choose Omotosho dominated that since Dabo had been absent about eight instances in earlier proceedings, he would take time to fastidiously assessment the file earlier than ruling.
READ ALSO: Man declared harmless after 48 years in jail
The choose was adjourned till February 5 for a ruling on Dabo's bail utility.
Dabo and his agency have been implicated within the first cost alleging that someday in October and November 2017, they conspired to acquire N30 million from Mrs. Folashade S. Mojeolaoluwa beneath false pretenses.
In depend two, Dabo and the corporate are stated to have someday in October and November 2017, defrauded Mrs. Folashade S. Mojeolaoluwa of N30m by a GTBank account quantity: 0172410075 with account identify: Ohman Worldwide Enterprise Restricted.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants, beneath the pretext of promoting a scrap ship generally known as ADNAN 101, dedicated the act “if you offered your self to Mrs. Folashade S. Mojeolaoluwa because the bona fide proprietor of the scrap ship.”
In depend three, they’re stated to have transformed for themselves the N30m, the property derived immediately from the proceeds of the theft, with the goal of concealing or disguising the unlawful origin of the cash.
The offenses could be opposite to Article 8 and could be punishable beneath, inter alia, Article 1(3) of the Advance Cost Fraud and Different Associated Offenses Act and Article 15(1) of the Cash Laundering Act. cash (LFN 2011).
Widespread video of the day;
Picture credit score: Getty
Associated
