Judiciary

Emefiele Remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre

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The High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of his bail request.

Emefiele is standing trial on an alleged procurement fraud.

The trial which had been stalled on three occasions finally held on Friday.

The Federal Government had initially preferred 20 charges of procurement fraud to the tune of N6.5 billion against the former CBN governor.

But the FG reduced the charges to six to the tune of over N1bn which he was arraigned on Friday.

At Friday’s proceedings, Emefiele’s counsel, Mathew Burkaa SAN, moved the application for bail but the FG counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo vehemently opposed granting bail to the former CBN governor.

The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu said a bench ruling could not be delivered in view of the plethora of authorities cited by the two parties.

The Judge said he needed a little time to study the authorities and peruse through the exhibits supplied by Emefiele to support his request for bail.

He, however, ordered that Emefiele be remanded at the Kuje prison pending the determination of his bail application.

Muazu then adjourned the case till November 22 for a ruling on the bail application and November 28 for the commencement of trial.

His remand order is coming after Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, ordered that he should be released to his lawyers on November 8 after spending 151 days in detention.

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Security

Inmate’s Death Causes Tension in Kuje Prison

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There was tension at the Kuje Correctional Centre as inmates, early Monday, protested against the death of their colleague.

It was gathered that the unrest was triggered following the death of the inmate, who was allegedly not given prompt medical attention.

It was further gathered that some inmates also attempted to escape from the prison facility amidst the tension but were prevented by the warders.

Officials of the prison confirmed the death of the inmate to our correspondent.

“The guy has been sick for weeks now, but the situation deteriorated last night and the wardens refused to attend to him until he gave up the ghost around 6:28 am this morning,” a prison official also told newsmen.

It was reported that there was an attack by terrorists on the Custodial Centre in the Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory, in early July.

With no fewer than 600 inmates escaped from the centre in the course of the attack.

The Islamic State in West Africa Province had also claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison on July 5, 2022.

The terrorists claimed the responsibility in a video released on the night of July 6, 2022.

In the video, the terrorists showed how some of its members entered the Kuje prison.

The 38 seconds video showed that the terrorists shot indiscriminately before gaining access into the prison.

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Crime

Police Nab Kuje Correctional Centre Escapee in Ogun

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Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command has arrested another Kuje Correctional Centre escapee Yakubu AbdulMumuni.

The 28-year-old escapee was arrested at Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters after a piece of information that the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota.

According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the DPO Sango Ota Division, Mr. Saleh Dahiru mobilized to the area where the convict was apprehended.

He said the escapee confessed to the Police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center when the Center was attacked by bandits, stating that he was convicted by Kogi State High Court for offence of conspiracy and culpable homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Centre.

Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the convict to the Correctional Centre with immediate effect.

Wale Olukun