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| Court rules on Boko Haram sponsor’s bail August 4 |
| 2016-07-14 |
| [THENATIONONLINENG.NET] The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday picked August 4 for ruling on the bail application filed by a suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sponsor, Salami Abdullahi. Justice Gabriel Kolawole fixed the date after hearing the submissions of the defence and prosecuting counsel, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Kolawale also fixed October 25 and November 3 for continuation of trial. Abdullahi, a businessman, is standing trial for allegedly sponsoring activities of the Boko haram sect. His counsel, Mr. Jubril Okutepa (SAN), said the law allowed multiple applications for bail in the same court and when there were exceptional circumstances. Okutepa said Section 161 (2b) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) defined exceptional circumstances to include instances where the prosecution exceeded one year. He said, "It will be recalled that my lord ordered accelerated hearing of this case since 2014 and we are now in 2016. The accelerated hearing ordered by the court has not been followed. "Besides there is a change in circumstances, the prosecution called seven witnesses and the evidence they have is consistent with the extra-judicial evidence of the second defendant that he knows nothing about Boko Haram. "There is inordinate delay and what if at the end of the day, the defendant is not found guilty, will he be compensated?" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Damn, read that as rules on Boko Haram Sponsors Ball. Which would make Red Wedding look like a Sunday Ice Cream Social albeit with extra Strawberry. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-07-14 06:00 |