The trial judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, ordered that the defendants must produce one surety each in like sum, following their arraignment on a 10-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, .
The offence, according to the anti-graft agency contravened Section 18 of the Money Laundering Act as amended and punishable under Section 15 of the same act. Mohammed prayed the court to deny the defendants bail on the grounds that two personal staff of the first defendant were part of those listed as witnesses.The prosecutor further argued that officials of the commission had to visit the house of the second defendant to bring him to their office.
The counsel argued that the charges their clients were facing were bailable charges and that the defendants had earlier been admitted to bail by another judge on similar charges.
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