The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, July 3, 2017, arraigned one
Adewole Lukman Olaniyan before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos
State High
Court, Ikeja on a one-count charge bordering on making a false statement to a
public officer contrary to Section 96 (a) Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011.
Olaniyan
stood as a surety for one Segun Akintayo on January 12, 2016 at the EFCC office
and had promised to produce the suspect whenever he was needed by the
anti-graft agency. However, the defendant failed to produce the suspect.
The charge
reads:
“Adewole
Lukman Olaniyan on or about the 12th January, 2016 at Lagos within the
jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, with intention to causing Remedy Yange
Sulvanus, a public officer employed as an Operative in the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) release one Segun Akintayo on bail to you,
falsely informed the officer to use his lawful authority to release the said
Segun Akintayo on bail to you; an action he would not have taken if he had not
relied on your undertaking”.
The
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In view of
his plea, prosecuting counsel, George Chia-Yakua asked the court to fix a date
for trial and to remand the defendant in prison custody.
The defense
counsel, Oyeyemi Obokun told the court that he has filed a fundamental human
right application with suit No ID5133 which court dismissed, on the grounds
that it was not filed before the court and it had nothing to do with the
arraignment of defendant.
Justice
Oshodi ordered the remand of the defendant in the Kirikiri maximum prison,
Apapa, Lagos and adjourned to October 26, 2017 for trial.
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