NIGERIAN SENATOR REMANDED IN PRISON OVER N805 MILLION FRAUD

The counsel while presenting other grounds for the application, informed the court that the accused was a cardiac patient, who required constant health checks, also argued that as a Senator and senior citizen, the accused sits at the Upper Legislative Chambers and has a mandatory requirement to represent his constituency

The defence counsel noted that the charge against the accused had lingered since 2017, and recalling that the accused was granted administrative bail by the commission, he never jumped bail.

She added that the accused is a qualified lawyer of 28 years’ experience and described him as an “oracle and a man of integrity”, and thereby urged the court to grant the bail application.

However, the EFCC Prosecutor, M. S. Abubakar, opposed the application and urged the court to refuse bail and order the remand of the accused, stressing that it was not the duty of the defence counsel to dictate to the court the manner it will undertake proceedings, adding it is purely the court’s discretion.

Meanwhile, after listening to the arguments of both counsel, Justice Mohammed Idris, adjourned the case until April 27 for ruling on the application.