Reprieve came the way of a former
Caretaker Chairman of Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State House Gabriel
Daudu as the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 6, 2017 granted bail to convicted council
boss.
Daudu, who was also a member of the
State House of Assembly, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on charges bordering on money laundering and misappropriation
of public funds to the tune of N1.4billion.
He was found guilty by a Federal
High Court sitting in Lokoja of 77 out of 208 counts and consequently sentenced
to two years on each of the counts. The sentence was to run concurrently.
Dissatisfied with his conviction,
Daudu approached the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal praying the court to
set his conviction aside.
However, in a unanimous decision on
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 the appellate court upheld the ruling of the lower
court and dismissed Daudu’s appeal as “unmeritorious and lacking in merit”.
Still not satisfied, Daudu proceeded
to the Supreme Court, praying to be admitted to bail pending the determination
of the appeal before it.
After due consideration of arguments
by Joseph Daudu, SAN, and Wahab Shittu representing the appellant and the respondent
(EFCC) respectively, the apex court admitted Daudu to bail with two sureties in
the sum of N2million each.
The sureties must have landed property
and must be resident in the FCT.
Duadu, who is currently serving his
prison sentence in Koton-Karfe is expected to complete the sentence in August.
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