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The
extradition process initiated against Franca Asemota, by the office of the
Attorney General of the Federation before Justice A. Kafarati of the Federal
High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja came up for mention on Wednesday, May 27,
2015.
Asemota
is wanted by the UK government for trafficking of minors to Europe using London
Heathrow airport as a transit hub.
The
suspect was arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 24, 2015 in Benin , Edo State on
suspicion of money laundering offences.
On
arrest, checks on Asemota’s profile revealed that, she had been on the wanted
list of the National Crime Agency, NCA.
When the
case was called, Asemota’s counsel, Ugochukwu Ezekiel told the court that he
had a pending application for bail of the respondent.
He urged
the court to admit his client to bail.
Responding,
Muslim Hassan from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, told
the court that the application cannot be heard because the case was just for
mention.
He urged
the court to fix a date for hearing of all pending applications.
Consequently,
Justice Kafarat adjourned the case to June 3, 2015 for hearing of the
bail application and ordered the accused to be remanded in EFCC custody.
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