Court grants Ogun Speaker, two others N300m bail after graft arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned the Speaker of the Ogun state house of assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, clerk of the house, taiwo Adeyemo, and Oladayo Samuel for alleged 2.475 billion naira money laundering and forgery charges.
The accused who arrived at the Court premises Tuesday in a Toyota Hummer bus owned by the EFCC at about 9:30 am pleaded not guilty to the 11-count charge on Tuesday.
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos hearing the case has granted bail to the speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and his co-accused.
The three accused men are separately represented by Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), Akinyemi Aremu, and Oluwole Oladedoye.
The economic and financial crimes commission prosecuting the case is represented by Rotimi Oyedepo.
The 1st defendant – Mr Oluomo – was granted 300 million bail with 2 sureties, one of whom must not be less than a level 16 civil servant in the federal civil service.
2nd and 3rd defendants 100million each with 2 sureties each, one of whom must not be less than level 14 in the civil service.
All sureties must possess landed properties within the court’s jurisdiction and the title documents are to be deposited with the court’s registrar.
The sureties must also possess 3-year tax clearance certificates and swear to an affidavit of means.
All defendants are to also deposit their travel documents to the court registry.
The court also ordered that the defendants be remanded at the EFCC custody for a maximum of one week and must perfect all their bail conditions by then or else they will be transferred to the Nigerian Correctional facility at Abeokuta.
A fourth defendant, Adeyanju Nimota Amoke is said to be at large.
They were all said to have time in 2019 in the Ogun state capital, Abeokuta conspired amongst themselves to launder more than Two Billion, Four Hundred and Seventy-Five Million Naira from the treasury of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
The alleged offence is said to be contrary to sections 18 (a), 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under section 15 (3)of the same Act.
