Justice Chukwu had on May 4, 2015 ordered the extradition of
Okoyomon to the United
Kingdom to face charges of corruption and
money laundering.
Okoyomon’s extradition is being sought by the UK government over his alleged role in the
bribery allegation involving officials of Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN,
the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, NSPM and Securency
International Pty of Australia between 2006 and 2008
Dissatisfied
by the May 4, 2015 ruling, Okoyomon through his counsel, Alex Izinyon, SAN, had
approached the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of execution of the order of the lower court.
At today’s
sitting, B. Abu, who represented Izinyon told the court that hearing on the
matter at the Court of Appeal had been fixed for Thursday, May 28, 2015.
By that action, Abu argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction
to further hearing on the matter pending the determination of the case at the
Appeal court.
However,
prosecution counsel, M. S. Hassan, from the office of the Attorney General of
the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, denied being served with any process
regarding the purported applicant’s appeal at the appellate court.
Consequently,
Justice Chukwu ordered the parties to await the outcome of the proceedings at
the Court of Appeal and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.
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