A Lagos division of the federal high court on Tuesday returned a former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency , Calistus Obi, to prison.
“In line with Section 390, we would adjourn one more time. I will like to look at the issues raised. I would give a very short date. We would come back June 3rd just to read the sentencing,” she said while adjourning the matter. Mr Oyedepo also asked the court to, in addition to the punishment prescribed by the anti-money laundering Act, ”order the convicts to pay compensation to any victim of the crime” which he said would be NIMASA.In his prayer, the counsel to the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants, Mobolaji Kuti, said his clients were first-time offenders and, therefore, the court should not grant the prayers of the maximum sentence made by the prosecution.
Mr Kuti asked the court to dismiss the prosecution’s prayer asking the court to mandate the convicts to pay further fines, stating that the provisions were optional and not mandatory. According to Mr. Ogbonna, ”the whole gamut of sentencing is at the discretion of the court as stated by section 416 subsection 2 of the ACJA 2015 and how such discretion will be exercised from paragraph A-K.
“Being just a conduit pipe, I urge My lordship to please give justice a human face. He has a wife and five kids, the last one is a year old. His wife is a full housewife and has no income and he also has an 84-year-old father whom he takes care of his financial and health needs at their home in Bayelsa.”
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