A man has been sent to prison over failure to produce the suspect he stood for as surety. Mr Gajah Omayulele Lovely was arraigned before Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Tuesday, February 23.
According to
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Lovely was arraigned on
a two count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice and failure to produce a
suspect (Richman Pere) for whom he stood as surety.
One of the
counts reads: "that you Gajah Omayulele Lovely on or about the 9th January
2021 whilst standing as surety to a suspect, one Richman Pere (at large) aided
and abated his escape by refusing to produce him for arraignment before the
Federal High Court, Benin..and failing to cooperate with the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission in bringing him to custody and thereby committed an
offence".
The defendant
pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge, prompting the prosecution counsel, Ibrahim
Mohammed to ask the court for a trial date and to remand the defendant in
prison custody.
Justice
Imadegbelo ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Correctional Centre
and adjourned till March 17 for trial.
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