{"id":71502,"date":"2020-01-27T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71502"},"modified":"2020-01-27T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:00:47","slug":"court-to-rule-on-bail-applications-of-adoke-others-jan-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/court-to-rule-on-bail-applications-of-adoke-others-jan-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Court to Rule on Bail Applications of Adoke, Others\u00a0Jan 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1656903942371548504\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p align=\"center\">Justice A.I. Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Monday, January 27, 2020 adjourned hearing on the trial of former attorney-general and minister of Justice, Muhammed Bello Adoke and others to <a dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Thursday, January 30, 2020<\/a>\u00a0for ruling on their bail applications.<\/p>\n<p>Adoke, (first defendant), along with six others were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, January 23, 2020 before Justice Kutigi on amended 42-count charges, to which they pleaded not guilty, thus setting the stage for their trial.<\/p>\n<p>At today\u2019s sitting, prosecution counsel, Bala Sanga told the court that the matter was for the hearing of the defendant\u2019s bailing application, following which counsel to Adoke, Mike Ozekhome SAN informed the court that the defence has filed application for Adoke\u2019s bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also filed two critical documents to show that the defendant will not jump bail. We also urge the court to grant him bail base on his health condition. We humbly urge the court to grant him bail,\u201d Ozekhome said.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to\u00a0Aliyu Abubakar,\u00a0(second defendant), Wole Olanipekun SAN also urged the court to grant bail to the defendant. \u201cOne of the exhibits did not show that he ran away. He was not deported. He was not extracted. He bought his own ticket back to Nigeria on his own. We urge the court to exercise discretion to grant him bail,\u201d Olanipekun stated.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, counsel to\u00a0Mr. Rasky Gbinigie\u00a0(third defendant) also urged the court to grant him bail. \u201cThe applicant has been under investigation for 13 years and he has never ever failed his invitation. He is also a member of the profession (law). He has spent 35 years in this profession and it is unfortunate that he found himself in the dock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanga while opposing Adoke\u2019s bail application noted that no case of ill health has been proven by the defendant, more so, that Adoke did not voluntarily return to the country but extradited by Interpol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have\u00a0a counter-affidavit dated January 24, 2020\u00a0and filed on the same date. It is 11 paragraphs, deposed to by Ahmed Ibrahim, an officer of the EFCC. The contention is that no ill health has been proven. We have exhibit EF1 and EF2 and the point is that it is the Interpol that handed him over to us. Interpol said we should come and collect him, so how come he returned on his own?\u201d Sanga said.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution counsel equally opposed the bail applications of the second and third defendants, both of whom he told the court that the prosecution has respectively filed a 10 paragraph counter-affidavit to their applications,\u00a0\u00a0dated January\u00a0\u00a024, 2020 and filed on the same date.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Kuitigi adjourned the matter to\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Thursday, January 30<\/a>\u00a0for ruling on the bail applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice A.I. 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