An
Akure Magistrate Court has remanded two bankers, Kasali
Fajana and Ajayi Dauda, in prison custody for allegedly stealing the sum of
N2.5 million meant for the salaries of workers in Akoko northwest local
government area of Ondo State.
According
to Sahara Reporters, Fajana and Dauda as well as others still at large are
accused of committing the offence. A police prosecutor, Pelumi Adejuwon,
told the magistrate court that the stolen fund was meant for the payment of
local government workers’ salaries. Mr. Adejuwon said the accused persons stole
the money after using stones and other tools to break the windscreen of a
vehicle where the money was loaded.
According
to him, the alleged crime violated sections 6 (6) and 1 of the Robbery and
Firearms (Special Provision Act) Cap R 11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria
2004.
The
defense attorney to the accused persons, Oluwarotimi Daramola, urged the court
to grant his clients bail on liberal terms, assuring the presiding magistrate
that the accused would not jump bail.
The
police prosecutor objected to the application for bail, pleading with the court
to remand the accused persons in prison custody to enable the prosecution to
forward the case file to the Ministry of Justice for further legal advice.
In
his ruling, Magistrate Sunday Adeduro ordered that the two accused persons
be remanded in prison custody.
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