in Ikeja, on Thursday, rejected the bail application by a defendant accused of defrauding a traditional ruler in Osun State of N525 million.
A statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission arrested Mr Gora in July 2021 after receiving Mr Esan’s petition. “In view of the foregoing, the first defendant applicant’s application for bail is hereby rejected,” the judge said. The court also ruled that both sureties must be resident in Lagos with proof of residency and produce evidence of three years tax payment.Earlier during the bail application hearing, Mr Gora’s lawyer, Mohammed Ofoku, and the lawyer representing Mr Osigwe and the two other firms, Aloy Ezenduka, had argued that the charges against their clients were bailable offences.
The prosecution further told the judge that Mr Gora jumped bail in a separate trial on charges filed against him by the commission at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.The prosecution added that it took the EFCC some efforts to later track him down and apprehend him, and ensured his attendance at his trial at the FCT High Court.