Court Remands Surety For Failure To Produce Suspect

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday,
July 3, 2017, arraigned one Adewole Lukman Olaniyan before Justice
O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a one-count
charge bordering on making a false statement to a public officer
contrary to Section 96 (a) Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011.

Olaniyan stood as a surety for one Segun Akintayo on January 12,
2016 at the EFCC office and had promised to produce the suspect
whenever he was needed by the anti-graft agency. However, the
defendant failed to produce the suspect.

The charge reads:

“Adewole Lukman Olaniyan on or about the 12th January, 2016 at
Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, with
intention to causing Remedy Yange Sulvanus, a public officer
employed as an Operative in the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) release one Segun Akintayo on bail to you,
falsely informed the officer to use his lawful authority to release
the said Segun Akintayo on bail to you; an action he would not have
taken if he had not relied on your undertaking”.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

In view of his plea, prosecuting counsel, George Chia-Yakua
asked the court to fix a date for trial and to remand the defendant
in prison custody.

The defense counsel, Oyeyemi Obokun told the court that he has
filed a fundamental human right application with suit No ID5133
which court dismissed, on the grounds that it was not filed before
the court and it had nothing to do with the arraignment of
defendant.

Justice Oshodi ordered the remand of the defendant in the
Kirikiri maximum prison, Apapa, Lagos and adjourned to October 26,
2017 for trial.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday,
July 3, 2017, arraigned one Adewole Lukman Olaniyan before Justice
O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a one-count
charge bordering on making a false statement to a public officer
contrary to Section 96 (a) Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011.

Olaniyan stood as a surety for one Segun Akintayo on January 12,
2016 at the EFCC office and had promised to produce the suspect
whenever he was needed by the anti-graft agency. However, the
defendant failed to produce the suspect.

The charge reads:

“Adewole Lukman Olaniyan on or about the 12th January, 2016 at
Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, with
intention to causing Remedy Yange Sulvanus, a public officer
employed as an Operative in the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) release one Segun Akintayo on bail to you,
falsely informed the officer to use his lawful authority to release
the said Segun Akintayo on bail to you; an action he would not have
taken if he had not relied on your undertaking”.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

In view of his plea, prosecuting counsel, George Chia-Yakua
asked the court to fix a date for trial and to remand the defendant
in prison custody.

The defense counsel, Oyeyemi Obokun told the court that he has
filed a fundamental human right application with suit No ID5133
which court dismissed, on the grounds that it was not filed before
the court and it had nothing to do with the arraignment of
defendant.

Justice Oshodi ordered the remand of the defendant in the
Kirikiri maximum prison, Apapa, Lagos and adjourned to October 26,
2017 for trial.