Alternatively, the ex NSA prays for an order staying further proceedings in the charge until he has exhausted the remedies available to him in law for the enforcement of his right to liberty as preserved by
the bail order granted him.
He also prayed that the Supreme Court order the Federal Government to obey
the bail orders granted him by the Federal High Court Abuja and the ECOWAS Court.
Not exact matches
Okerinmodun opposed the
bail application, claiming that the defendants, if
granted bail, might cause a breakdown of law and
order in the community.
(Link: https://prnigeria.com/2016/03/yashuaib-resigns-fossra-say-jon-ode-panel-misleading-president-buhari/ May I appeal to Your Excellency to simply review the fact that Sambo Dasuki has been
granted bails by three High Courts in Nigeria and that even the ECOWAS Court has also
ordered his release yet he has remained in custody.
May I appeal to Your Excellency to simply review the fact that Sambo Dasuki has been
granted bails by three High Courts in Nigeria and that even the ECOWAS Court has also
ordered his release yet he has remained in custody.
Although, Turaki was
granted a fresh
bail conditions but Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court
ordered the defendant to remain in Kuje Prisons, Abuja, pending when the
bail conditions were met.
The trial Judge, Justice Hussein Baba Yusuf however
ordered that Dasuki and other Defendants be allowed to continue to enjoy the
bail he
granted them in 2015 when they were first arraigned before his court.
However, in an application which was reportedly served on Kanu on Friday, the Federal Government asked the court to revoke the
bail granted the IPOB leader, and also
order his immediate arrest by the police.
As a legal luminary, acting President Osinbajo knows the implication of wilful disobedience to court
orders by Buhari's administration, especially on several
bails granted to some personalities who are still being detained illegally, he nevertheless refused to act or intervene professionally on the legal dilemmas probably to prove his absolute loyalty to the administration.
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.
Prosecutors would still seem to hold an advantage: Caproni, in an
order granting Silver's request to remain free on
bail while he appealed his conviction, observed that «Silver's case is factually almost nothing like McDonnell.»
Although Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court
granted bail to the ex-governor on fresh
bail conditions on Tuesday, he
ordered the defendant to remain in Kuje Prisons, Abuja, pending when the
bail conditions were met.
It was on this premise that he asked the court to set aside the
order granting the DSS permission to keep Kanu in detention for 90 days, and
grant him
bail.
Nnamdi Kanu, director of Radio Biafra, has pleaded with Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the federal high court, Abuja, to set aside an ex parte
order procured by the Department of State Services (DSS) to keep him in detention, and as such,
grant him
bail.
Some of the grounds the Federal Government is seeking the revocation of Kanu's
bail are that; the offence for which he is standing trial is not ordinarily bailable; that among other conditions for the
bail of the 1st defendant is that he should not be seen in a crowd exceeding 10 people; that he should not
grant any interviews, hold or attend any rallies; that he should file in court medical updates of his health status every month; that rather than observing all of the conditions listed above, the 1st defendant in flagrant disobedience to the court
order flouted all conditions of the
bail.
The former NSA was first charged on Monday August 24, 2015 on a one count charge of illegal possession of firearms but was immediately
granted bail on self recognition with Justice Ademola
ordering the DSS to submit his seized passport to the court registrar.
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.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Johnson Okunade, opposed the
bail application and pleaded that the court
granted the remand
order request.
Dasuki had filed an application for stay of proceedings on the grounds that the prosecution was in contempt of court by disobeying an
order granting him
bail.
The trial judge Adeniyi Ademola however
granted him
bail upon which he also
ordered the Department of State Security Services to submit Dasuki's passport which it had seized with the court registrar.
Since his incarceration, Dasuki has been arraigned before four federal courts which
granted him
bail, while the ECOWAS court, a sub-regional court not only
ordered that the FG release him immediately but also
order his compensation to the tune of N15 million.
The Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, has
granted an interim
order for Senator Dino Melaye to be transferred to the National Hospital Abuja, while hearing for his
bail conditions will be heard on Monday, next week.
Nnamdi Kanu was
granted bail on a lesser charge but was rearrested on two occasions until the government filed higher charges relating to terrorism and treason and found courts which rightly on the basis of the more severe charges refused
bail; Dasuki's case is more complicated - today there are valid
orders of
bail made by several courts in his favour, but he has consistently been re-arrested and a charge of leaving the army improperly over two decades ago is now being added to his alleged crimes -LRB-!)
; Patrick Akpolobolokemi, the former NIMASA Director - General was rough - handled and bundled into a van right in front of the court premises where a judge had just
granted him
bail; several persons are known to have been detained for periods far in excess of the constitutionally mandated 48 hours initially under spurious detention
orders signed by magistrates courts in the Federal Capital Territtory!
However, the former National Security Adviser gave a brief evidence in court and later told the court that he was incapacity to give accurate account of what transferred in the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 because he had been clamped into detention for over two years now in spite of
bails granted by three different High Courts and ECOWAS Court of Justice which
ordered government to immediately release from detention.
As a legal luminary, acting President Osinbajo knows the implication of willful disobedience to court
orders by Buhari's administration, especially on several
bails granted to some personalities who are still being detained illegally, he nevertheless refused to act or intervene professionally on the legal dilemmas probably to prove his absolute loyalty to the administration.
It would be recalled that similar
orders had been made by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High as well as Justice Baba Yusuf of an Abuja High Court for the same purposes due to complaints of denial of access to lawyers by Dasuki even after all of them had
granted him
bail.
He was later arraigned before Justice Yusuf Baba of the Abuja High court on breach of trust and was
granted bail but the
order was also refused to be obeyed by the security operatives.
Like the re-arraignment of Wednesday, Justice Hussein Baba - Yusuf
ordered that the five defendants should continue to enjoy the
bail granted in 2015 when they were first arraigned on the alleged offense.
A High Court in Accra has
ordered the re-arrest of two Chinese nationals who were
granted bail in a trial where they are facing charges for illegal mining.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court also in Abuja had
granted the ex-NSA
bail on November 3 in the charges of unlawful possession of firearms but the
bail was on November 4 scuttled by the SSS who instead of obeying court
order laid siege on his Asokoro Residence and placed him under house arrest.
But the Federal Government, in its fresh application, asked the court to revoke the
bail granted Kanu and
order his immediate arrest by the police.
But they did not call for the arrest of the AGF for not
granting bail ordered by the court for their kinsman Dasuki.
Justice Mohammed adjourned the case to April 26, 2016 for trial and
ordered the defendant to continue the
bail terms earlier
granted him by the court.
The judge said that since the prosecution counsel Mr. Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN) did not object to the
bail of the ex-NSA, the court has to affirm same and
ordered the defendant to continue to enjoy the
bail condition
granted him in 2015 when he was first arraigned.
This, the committee says in its report, European Supervision
Order, would prevent thousands of people — who in their own state would be
granted bail — being locked up abroad because of fears that they might abscond.