Ese Oruru's abductor, Yunusa, released on bail
Mon Jul 11, 2016 07:46:pm Gist
3K By Buchi Obichie
After spending over 4months in Okaka Prison in the Bayelsa State Capital, Yenagoa, the man accused of abducting 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa and taking her to Kano, Mr. Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow, has finally left custody.
Upon his release from jail, Dahiru was immediately taken to his state, Kano, in company of his defence team.
According to sources, the person who eventually fulfilled Yunusa's bail conditions, was from Bayelsa. This runs contrary to previous speculations that no Bayelsa indigene was willing to stand surety for the suspect, due to the ethnic and religious sentiments being whipped up.
Dahiru's team of lawyers had been battling to free their client from prison since March but without success.
The development followed the stringent bail conditions handed down to the suspect by Justice Ajiya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa.
Justice Nganjiwa had set N3m bail bond and two sureties in like sum, resident within the jurisdiction of the court as conditions for Dahiru's release.
He had also ordered that one of the sureties must be a traditional ruler, while the second person must be a civil servant on Grade Level 12 or above.
The bail conditions also stipulated that the two sureties must submit their three-year tax clearance receipts and that the defence counsel must sign an undertaking that the suspect must not jump bail.
But after being approached by the defence lawyers who stated that they were unable to meet some of the bail conditions, Justice Nganjiwa later relaxed them.
Further granting the prayer of the defence lawyers to also allow any traditional ruler from any community in the country to stand as surety, the court had also reduced the bail conditions to a Grade Level Nine civil servant.
Dahiru is currently facing a five-count charge of abducting, inducing by the use of deception and coercion, illicit intercourse, sexual exploitation and unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor.
Lead counsel for the Dahiru, Mr. Kayode Olaosebikan, confirmed the release of his client, noting that "his people have taken him away."
He added that the cross-examination of Ese by Yunusa's lawyers would continue on September 13, 2016.
Upon his release from jail, Dahiru was immediately taken to his state, Kano, in company of his defence team.
According to sources, the person who eventually fulfilled Yunusa's bail conditions, was from Bayelsa. This runs contrary to previous speculations that no Bayelsa indigene was willing to stand surety for the suspect, due to the ethnic and religious sentiments being whipped up.
Dahiru's team of lawyers had been battling to free their client from prison since March but without success.
The development followed the stringent bail conditions handed down to the suspect by Justice Ajiya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa.
Justice Nganjiwa had set N3m bail bond and two sureties in like sum, resident within the jurisdiction of the court as conditions for Dahiru's release.
He had also ordered that one of the sureties must be a traditional ruler, while the second person must be a civil servant on Grade Level 12 or above.
The bail conditions also stipulated that the two sureties must submit their three-year tax clearance receipts and that the defence counsel must sign an undertaking that the suspect must not jump bail.
But after being approached by the defence lawyers who stated that they were unable to meet some of the bail conditions, Justice Nganjiwa later relaxed them.
Further granting the prayer of the defence lawyers to also allow any traditional ruler from any community in the country to stand as surety, the court had also reduced the bail conditions to a Grade Level Nine civil servant.
Dahiru is currently facing a five-count charge of abducting, inducing by the use of deception and coercion, illicit intercourse, sexual exploitation and unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor.
Lead counsel for the Dahiru, Mr. Kayode Olaosebikan, confirmed the release of his client, noting that "his people have taken him away."
He added that the cross-examination of Ese by Yunusa's lawyers would continue on September 13, 2016.
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