By Francis IWUCHUKWU
A man, Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, who has been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, since November 16, 2021, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of N100 million with one surety in the like sum.
Alaka was granted bail by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, after granting a motion Exparte filed and argued by his Counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN).
It would be recalled that Alaka had dragged both the EFCC and its Zonal Head, Taufiq Sabar, before the court for allegedly detaining him since November 16, 2021.
He had therefore asked the court for an interim order directing or releasing him forthwith from the respondents’ detention, pending the hearing and determination of his substantive suit against the respondents.
During the hearing of the Exparte motion on November 8, the presiding judge declined to grant the application but ordered the EFCC to show cause today, why the application should not be granted.
He, therefore, adjourned the matter till today. At the resumed hearing of the motion, Ojo (SAN) told the court that at the last hearing of the Exparte motion, the court did order the respondents to show cause why the applicant should not be released in the interim.
However, the EFCC’s counsel, M. M. Anana, told the court that his agency had responded to the application by the counter filed to the substantive suit.
The applicant’s counsel, Ojo (SAN) in opposition to the EFCC response, said what the court did order the Commission was to ‘show cause why his client, should not be released, not a counter to the substantive suit.
Consequently, Ojo (SAN) urged the court to exercise its discretion in ordering the interim release of the applicant.
Ruling on the application, Justice Allagoa granted the application and granted bail to the applicant in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like sum.
Justice Allagoa ordered that the surety who must be gainfully employed, must be owner of landed property within the court’s jurisdiction and that the bail terms should be verified by the court’s registry.
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