Former Aviation Min\u00adister,\u00a0 Femi Fani-Kay\u00adode, has said he\u00a0 is being pressured by the\u00a0 EFCC to refund N840 million without trial.<\/p>\n
He had approached\u00a0 the Federal High Court, Lagos, to ad\u00admit him to bail 24 hours after he was arraigned on a 17-count charged by the agency.<\/p>\n
Been locked up for over 35 days without trial.<\/p>\n
In the motion for bail filed on his behalf by his counsel, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), Fani-Kayode told the court that he would be ready and willing to provide a responsible surety(ies) as may be re\u00adquired by the court as a condition(s) for the grant of his application.<\/p>\n
He argued that under the Administration of Crimi\u00adnal Justice Act (ACJA), bail is more relaxed as all offences are bailable \u201cand in the class of offences charged, it is the prosecu\u00adtion that has a burden to show why bail should be refused. More so, under the Act, all offences can be compounded by plea bargain. So, it is not about imprisonment any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further argued that one of the co-accused in the charge, a former Min\u00adister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, who alleg\u00adedly received the money from government and paid Fani-Kayode, wrote that she did not know the money was from govern\u00adment. So, how would Fani- Kayode know?<\/p>\n
In the motion dated June 15, 2016, Raji argued that the offences, for which his client is charged, are bail\u00adable.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Defendant\/Appli\u00adcant has never been con\u00advicted of any offence in Nigeria or any other juris\u00addiction.<\/p>\n
By Section 36 (5) of the Constitution of the Fed\u00aderal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Defendant\/Applicant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reputation and past credible record of the Defendant\/Applicant at\u00adtest to the fact that he will not jump bail if he is grant\u00aded same. The Defendant\/ Applicant will not inter\u00adfere with the investigation or further investigation of the charges preferred against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Aviation Min\u00adister,\u00a0 Femi Fani-Kay\u00adode, has said he\u00a0 is being pressured by the\u00a0 EFCC to refund N840 million without trial. He had approached\u00a0 the Federal High Court, Lagos, to ad\u00admit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n