Court Denies Kogi Varsity Lecturer Bail
The accused lecturer who had been in the custody of
the Directorate of State Service, DSS, since October 30, 2013, was on
February 3, transferred to Kuje Prison, Abuja, on the order of the trial
high court.Others the court ordered should remain in prison custody
yesterday were Alhaji Salami Abdullahi and Umar Musa, who were both
accused of belonging to the Boko Haram sect.
In a ruling, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, said it would not be in the
interest of justice to release the accused persons at this stage of
their trial, stressing that in view of the prevailing atrocious acts of
the Boko Haram sect in the North Eastern part of the country, it was
safer to deny them bail.
Citing the wanton and mindless killing of innocent people, especially
the recent massacre of students of the Federal Government College Buni
Yadi by members of the Boko Haram, Justice Kolawole, said he was minded
to exercise his discretionary powers to grant bail against the accused
persons.
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