Court rejects EFCC’s objection, grants bail to Dasuki’s ally
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has allowed safeguard to a specialist, Mr. Edidiong Idiong, in the criminal allegations brought against him by the Federal Government. Idiong and two others were summoned yesterday on a 11-tally charge of affirmed ownership of assets intended to buy arms by the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Sambo Dasuki.
The court, directed by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, rejected the complaint by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that it was unmeritorious to allow Idiong safeguard.
The offense was said to be in opposition to the Money Laundering Prohibition Act and culpable under the same Act.However, the respondent argued not liable to the accuses along of Moortown Global Investment and African Cable Television Limited, who are second and third litigants.
The judge depicted EFCC's complaint to the safeguard application as ailing in legitimacy and deferred the matter till February 9, March 9 and April 11, 2017.Also, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday suspended hearing in a suit by previous First Lady, Mrs. Tolerance Jonathan, against the EFCC and six others.
She is testing the commission's frosty of $15.5 million in records that have a place with her. Jonathan's insight, Ifedayo Adedipe, had looked for a suspension to empower him serve his customer the corrected claims on the organizations.
He said different litigants had been presented with duplicates of the procedures while the counter-sworn statements had additionally been served on the plaintiff.Justice Mohammed Idris suspended the matter to February 13, 2017.
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