Sentences with phrase «accused person bail»

Justice Onojovwo, granted the accused person bail in the sum of N5million (Five Million Naira), and two sureties in like sum.

Justice Ojo granted the accuse person bail in the sum of N500, 000 and asked him to produce two sureties resident in Abuja.

In her ruling, Magistrate Habibat Basiru granted the accused persons the bail of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum each and adjourned the case till 24 May, 2017.

Justice Nyako adjourned the case till November 17 for hearing of the accused persons bail application, while the accused persons remain in prison until then.

Not exact matches

However, the IGP in a press release on Thursday, April 6 stated: «We had police officers at the court and we had about 20 officers on standby but, if you remember we gave the accused persons [police] bail when they were suspects and they willingly appeared before the court, so you can imagine that the extent of danger or likelihood of they escaping was not as high as we will believe,» he explained at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, April 6.

Defense Counsel, Barrister Akande Babafemi applied for the bail of the accused person in the most liberal terms.

Justice Adeniyi ordered that the accused person be remanded in Kuje Prison pending hearing on the bail application and adjourned to June 6, 2016.

All four accused persons which include Saraki, Ekweremadu, Maikasuwa and Efeture pleaded not guilty after which their lawyers argued that they be granted bail.

And please, let us do proper investigation so that when we take a case to court, we would have successfully prosecuted the individual and not all the needless energy on bail and media trial because if the case is not strong and the accused is set free, people will turn round to blame judges for corruption.

The Court on Tuesday, June 28 agreed with the prosecution that accused person's life would be in danger if he is granted bail, TV3's correspondent reported.

The prosecution lawyer Rotimi Jacobs confirmed that he has been served with application for bail of all the accused persons and with the consent of all the lawyers in the trial, the trial judge, Justice Peter Affem adjourned hearing in the bail application until Wednesday the 16th of December 2015.

However, Counsel to Dasuki Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN) raised the issue of bail for the accused persons adding that motions for their bail have been filed and served on the prosecution.

Daudu submitted that the Federal Government can not go ahead with the trial, having disobeyed an order of court which granted bail to the accused person.

He also ordered that the accused persons be kept in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until their bail is decided tomorrow.

Oyedepo also told the court to refuse the bail applications of all the other accused persons based on the severity of the proof of evidence before it.

Counsels representing the accused persons: Joseph Nwobike SAN for the first and forth accused persons, Lanre Olayinka for the second and ninth accused persons, Pascal Made for the third accused person, C.A Nmarkwe for the fifth accused, Kayode Omoya for the eighth accused, Ige Asemundara for the sixth accused and E.O Ogbebor for the seventh and tenth accused persons filed bail applications praying the court to admit their clients to bail.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed in a ruling on the accused persons» bail applications also ordered that they should deposit their passport with the court pending the determination of their trial.

The other accused persons were granted bail in the sum of N50, 000,000 each with one surety in like sum.

Justice Salihu adjourned the case to January 29, 2016 for the commencement of trial and ordered that the accused persons be remanded in Ikoyi prison pending perfection of their bail terms.

At every point during the trial, Chris Uche, SAN, adroitly punctured the alibi of the defence which included the inability of the accused to meet his bail terms, a claim that was false; that he would interfere with investigations, a position the judge found curious or that, he would influence another person of interest whose whereabouts were then not known.

But the counsel to the respondent, Mr. Kazeem Badmus prayed for a bail on behalf of Adedamola, emphasizing that the accused person would be committed to the progress of the trial.

Each of the arms of government can check each other but not in the way of the President or any other person saying after a court of law has delivered a judgment and set free an accused person on bail, after looking at the various factor for the grant of bail, including severity of the punishment, including the weight of the alleged crime, including whether the accused person would jump bail or not, including whether you would produce surety or not, including whether he has health challenges or not, and the court has finally weighed all these and decided that the accused person must go on bail upon fulfillment of certain condition of bail.

The rights activist was apparently piqued over refusal by the authorities to respect court orders that granted bail to some accused persons facing trial for corruptly enriching themselves to the detriment of the Nigerian state.

The pleas of the accused persons were not taken while their counsel, Mr Ademola Adeyemi, pleaded with the court to consider the nature of the case and admit his clients to bail.

Okutepa told the court that the first accused person violated the terms of the administrative bail granted him by the EFCC.

Justice Nicol - Clay adjourned to July 11, 2017 for hearing of the bail applications and ordered the accused persons to be remanded in the EFCC custody.

Counsel for the accused persons, through oral application urged the court to admit their clients to bail, but was opposed by Chia - yakua, who insisted «they must file written applications.»

The judge said the three accused persons were to remain in the prison custody pending the determination of their bail applications, the hearing of which has been fixed for July 1, 2016.

In my assessment, the judiciary has done all anyone can reasonably expect in supporting the current fight against corruption - anti-corruption cases have moved very fast to trial; and judges have imposed especially severe and onerous terms on accused persons brought before them for corrupt acts, with bail terms typically including deposit of their international passports, sureties and bail bonds with assets equivalent to the amount allegedly embezzled; and very high qualifications for standing as surety.

From available circumstantial evidence, it would appear the president objects to the concept of bail for persons accused of corruption!

The judge, who admitted the first accused to bail in the sum of Five Hundred Million Naira also the accused person to provide two sureties in like sum; the sureties shall be landed property owners within the jurisdiction of the court.

In his plea, the accused person pleaded not guilty and his counsel, Barrister Adeyinka Dada prayed for his bail in the most liberal terms.

Therefore, counsel to the accused persons, Bose Adeyinka, urged the court to release the accused persons on their initial bail, noting that they have never jumped bail since they were granted bail.

He observed that the critical issue is whether the accused persons will avail themselves for trial if granted bail.

The prosecution opposed the bail application, insisting the accused persons if granted bail would not avail themselves for trial.

An Accra Circuit Court has refused to grant bail to the ten accused persons in the Kwabenya Police Station attack after applications filed by their lawyers.

The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him and in view of this, counsel to the accused, Solomon E. Umoh (SAN), via an oral application, sought the relief of the court to grant his client bail based on self - recognition.

The bail was sequel to an application made by Dan - China and 25 other accused persons through their counsels, Paul Erokoro (SAN), Joseph Danboyi and Gyang Zi during the last sitting on Mach 28.

Consequently, Justice Jauro adjourned to February 8, 2016 for hearing on the bail application and ordered the accused person to be remanded in prison custody.

The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the allegations and Magistrate P.A. Adekomaiya admitted them to bail in the sum of N3m each with two sureties each in like sum.

The 13 accused persons have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a public officer, conspiracy to assault, and unlawful damage, and have been granted bail.

«Filing two different motions for bail for the same accused person in the same court is an abuse of court process hence I could not respond to any of the motions.

In his ruling on the applications, Justice Kolawole granted bail to the accused persons, saying the charges instituted against them were all bailable.

In view of the accused person's plea, the defense counsel, O.A.U Onyema prayed the court to grant the accused bail.

The court granted the prosecutions» plea, and then adjourned to June 6, 2016, for hearing of the motion for bail and commencement of trial, while the accused person continued to enjoy the administrative bail granted her by the EFCC.

After the charges were read, the accused persons pleaded not guilty to all of them even as their counsel sought the leave of the court for them to be admitted to bail.

Consequently, he ordered the accused person to be remanded in Kuje prison and adjourned to March 10, 2016 and March 14, 2016 for hearing on the bail application and commencement of trial respectively.

If five courts of the land are trying different cases in which a man is involved and one or two of those courts let the accused persons go home on bail, what happens with the other three cases?»

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

«Justice Aliyu admitted the accused persons to bail in the sum of N5million and a surety each in like sum.