Justice S.E. Aladetoyinbo of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, in Abuja.
Bashir is facing a
three-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and cheating to the tune of
$1 million.
According to the
EFCC, Bashir was alleged to have collected the money as part payment of a $3
million agreement from Althani Investments Company Limited for the purpose of
forming a consortium to bid for shares at the Kaduna Electricity Distribution
Company. The bidding failed and several attempts made by the company for a
refund of the money proved abortive.
He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when
they were read to him. Prosecution counsel, Rimamsomte Ezekiel, thereafter
asked for a trial date.
Counsel for the
defendant, A.B. Anachebe, SAN, moved the motion for his bail application.
Ezekiel opposed the
application, arguing that “the defendant if granted bail will interfere with
prosecution witnesses”. He further argued that the application was not proper
in the sense that the defence only mentioned the name of the first defendant
without reference to the second, third and fourth defendants.
Justice
Aladetoyinbo, while adjourning to April 10, 2017 for hearing granted him bail
in the sum of N2 million and one surety in like some. The surety must be
resident in Abuja and must have a landed property.
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